The cognitive trap

For years, I tried to practice this technique: “There’s a part of me that’s anxious.”

Creating distance. Not being fused with my feelings. I got it intellectually.

But what happened when I actually needed it? When I was struggling in real life?

It felt like trying to rip my thoughts off of me. Like an amputation.

What finally worked was… bypassing my mind completely.

Instead of “there’s a part of me that’s anxious,” just noticing “there’s tightness in my chest.”

My body has its own language. And when I stop trying to think through it and just notice the sensation, something shifts that years of cognitive work couldn’t touch.

This is why deeply sensitive people struggle with purely mental approaches. We feel things too intensely to think our way through them.

I leave you with this question to ponder: What if you stopped trying to understand it and just noticed where you feel it?

Supporting your wholeness,
Rena

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