Asinotti-sama
Hello.
My name is Hirokazu Inoue. I'm a monk of the Jodo sect, and I majored in clinical psychology at university.
Maybe you end up thinking the same things over and over in your head, and you end up exhausted or depressed?
Once a negative thought crosses my mind, it just loops endlessly in my head.
This kind of situation is called “contrary thinking.”
Actually, reverse thinking is so damaging to the mind and body that it can also cause depression.
Therefore, the recommendation is to maintain a state called mindfulness.
Mindfulness is a state of “focusing on the present moment and not being bound by thoughts or judgments.”
Specifically, if you fall into reverse thinking, focus on your own breathing and distance yourself from chatting in your head.
Occasionally, that conversation will swallow your heart.
However, I regained consciousness to my own breathing.
Concentrate on breathing → chat in the head → concentrate on breathing → chat in the head → focus on breathing...
As many times as you like, you will return your consciousness to breathing.
Thus, after a while, you can distance yourself from the psychological causes of worry and pain.
Psychologically, this state of being observed after getting away from worries is called “decentralization.”
If you repeat this exercise, you may feel that the worry itself has no substance, and that your feelings are just trapped in it,
In Buddhism, this is called “all laws and nothing.”
Everything is like ripples that only happen at that time.
If you're in the middle of the ripples, you may struggle extra and cause even more rough waves.
But if you're just staring at the ripples from above, all you have to do is wait for them to calm down.
Please give it a try.
*Regarding mindfulness, there are many reports from scientific knowledge that it is effective in improving depression and anxiety disorders.
In fact, mindfulness has also been introduced in the medical field.
However, just in case, please ask your doctor for instructions as well.