chancy wrote on 05 Jul 2022 18:40:
Have you ever read a good book on ACT? They have this concept of acceptence and making space for a unwanted thought in your mind.
It helped me alot when there is an urge on the street and even if im able to avoid directly gazing at anyone, i know that everything i do happen to see will bother me tremendously, i practice that for a min.
It goes something like this!
1. Scan yourself from head to toe and feel any sensations you might feel.
2. Now, think of the idea of lust, nothing specific, only the idea that you know that there is something in your brain that wants it, you can imagine it as an animal, ( I imagine a pig, as i grew up around them and i can vividly imagine one) and you see that this animal only wants lust, doesnt care for anything else, and you are really bigger and you are disgusted by that animal, but hes still there, cant get rid of it.
3. So now, you feel where in your body do you feel the lust, (I mean someone in the heart, throat, chest, etc, not the p***s, that's just a physical reaction, not the source) lets say, you feel it in your chest as a burning sensation.
4. Start breathing deeply and be aware that the sensations is still there and that you cant get rid of it even if you want, and start making place for it, you can say "I know clearly that i dont want this feeling and i would rather not have it, but its here now, and i will make place for it so that it stops bothering me so much"
5. If you do this correctly, you will be able to be fully mindfull and aware that your lust is not you but its there anyway. But the most important thing is that it wont bother you so much now that you stopped fighting it so much.
I hope you understood what i write and that i works for you. I think you should really get a good book on ACT.
Thank you so much
Beautifully written and articulated
It sounds like the perfect thing I need.
all the best !!
