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i dedicated a month to thinking only positive thoughts—did i succeed? surprisingly, once i set this intention, my conscious thinking cooperated beautifully. it was very easy to stay positive almost all the time there were a couple situations where it was more challenging, though:
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1. when i was physically compromised i had a bad reaction to food at a restaurant and ended up with migraines for a few weeks. the first day i woke up with an inflamed brain, my morning meditation and visualization time was riddled with intrusive thoughts. i hadn’t experienced any intrusive thoughts during this experiment before the migraines i was able to shift my brain into a more positive state using self-directed emdr and intense prolonged positive focus, but while my brain was aggravated it was much more difficult to achieve joyful states. the inflammation seemed to be creating a strong emotional and physical depression
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2. when trauma responses occurred a regular negative thought can be easy to reframe and release, but during a trauma response, the psyche is determined to hang on to the negativity for protection from intense danger. these thoughts/beliefs are also generally deeply subconscious—you may experience a feeling but have no idea what thought or belief is causing it when this occurred, i again used self-directed emdr, and was able to discover which negative beliefs were triggered and shift them into positive ones…
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