Just like the other comments, I too loved this! In the context of anxiety disorder recovery I’ll definitely take anything that injects humour & novelty into the practice😁 Like Drew, I also without realising it sometimes do the very same in minor challenging situations eg. ‘Come on Renee, you can do this..’. I’ve never applied it specifically to social anxiety situations, probably as I don’t want to initiate the expectation it might be the ‘magic cure’, like I once did for strategies like ‘positive self talk’ or affirmations, where I applied these religiously only to eventually wake up to the crushing realisation they are most definitely not!
I’ll certainly try to incorporate more third person thinking into my day to day life, I agree there’s real potential with this concept, though I suspect it’s much easier to apply as physical speaking (out loud) to oneself than reconfiguring one’s brain to actually ‘think’ in third person lol (possibly like learning a new language, how do you start to try to ‘think’ in French, etc) but will enjoy giving it a shot!
Also not sure how much I can apply it to my anxiety disorder itself as the situations which trigger me (ie. severe, debilitating freeze response) are usually always in settings involving other people, ie. formal work meetings or team speaking events with clients and colleagues, where I’m speaking about work content rather than myself. Even if I incorporated it into small talk, they may find it somewhat bizarre hearing me suddenly do a George😂 (maybe I could do after a few drinks, then again when I’m drinking, my social anxiety usually always disappears!). And I’ll def. be adding ‘Chatter’ to my reading list - thank you Drew for another cracker, thought-provoking episode!
I really enjoyed this. I’m going to try speaking of myself in 3rd person and see what my brain does with that. See, if I am discussing someone else, like my mom, with similar symptoms as mine I tend to be more objective and see that what is bothering her is not dangerous. Does that make sense? It made sense in my head haha …..so maybe if I say “Theresa is worried because her chest hurts” I will give Theresa (me) the same answer I’d give my mom. “Theresa you have been through this SO many times, and you are always fine”. I mean I say that all the time, but for some reason it feels less believable when I tell myself “I am fine….” again, this made sense in my head, haha
Rachel is remembering the other line from Seinfeld-"Jimmy likes Elaine!" Rachel can't remember if this is from the same episode or not. Rachel says, Thank you for the laugh today, and for the good advice. Rachel is going to try to remember to do this. She thinks it will help to promote distance between herself and the panic. :):)
I wonder if using my nickname socially has something to do with the notion of letting go a little. My given name is what I use professionally. I wonder if my attitude etc changes (I.e. more relaxed )depending on the environment and which name is it utilized at the time?is this at all similar to what happens when you refer to yourself in the third person?
That's very helpful and funny. I have been trying to write my autobiography. Maybe I should call myself a different name or write it in the third person. I think that would help a lot
Just like the other comments, I too loved this! In the context of anxiety disorder recovery I’ll definitely take anything that injects humour & novelty into the practice😁 Like Drew, I also without realising it sometimes do the very same in minor challenging situations eg. ‘Come on Renee, you can do this..’. I’ve never applied it specifically to social anxiety situations, probably as I don’t want to initiate the expectation it might be the ‘magic cure’, like I once did for strategies like ‘positive self talk’ or affirmations, where I applied these religiously only to eventually wake up to the crushing realisation they are most definitely not!
I’ll certainly try to incorporate more third person thinking into my day to day life, I agree there’s real potential with this concept, though I suspect it’s much easier to apply as physical speaking (out loud) to oneself than reconfiguring one’s brain to actually ‘think’ in third person lol (possibly like learning a new language, how do you start to try to ‘think’ in French, etc) but will enjoy giving it a shot!
Also not sure how much I can apply it to my anxiety disorder itself as the situations which trigger me (ie. severe, debilitating freeze response) are usually always in settings involving other people, ie. formal work meetings or team speaking events with clients and colleagues, where I’m speaking about work content rather than myself. Even if I incorporated it into small talk, they may find it somewhat bizarre hearing me suddenly do a George😂 (maybe I could do after a few drinks, then again when I’m drinking, my social anxiety usually always disappears!). And I’ll def. be adding ‘Chatter’ to my reading list - thank you Drew for another cracker, thought-provoking episode!
I really enjoyed this. I’m going to try speaking of myself in 3rd person and see what my brain does with that. See, if I am discussing someone else, like my mom, with similar symptoms as mine I tend to be more objective and see that what is bothering her is not dangerous. Does that make sense? It made sense in my head haha …..so maybe if I say “Theresa is worried because her chest hurts” I will give Theresa (me) the same answer I’d give my mom. “Theresa you have been through this SO many times, and you are always fine”. I mean I say that all the time, but for some reason it feels less believable when I tell myself “I am fine….” again, this made sense in my head, haha
I absolutely love this!!! I am a huge Larry David fan and I think he has had many years of therapy. Serenity now! I am definitely going to try this.
Love this!
Rachel is remembering the other line from Seinfeld-"Jimmy likes Elaine!" Rachel can't remember if this is from the same episode or not. Rachel says, Thank you for the laugh today, and for the good advice. Rachel is going to try to remember to do this. She thinks it will help to promote distance between herself and the panic. :):)
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I wonder if using my nickname socially has something to do with the notion of letting go a little. My given name is what I use professionally. I wonder if my attitude etc changes (I.e. more relaxed )depending on the environment and which name is it utilized at the time?is this at all similar to what happens when you refer to yourself in the third person?
That's very helpful and funny. I have been trying to write my autobiography. Maybe I should call myself a different name or write it in the third person. I think that would help a lot