Step two - I worked to realize that my intrusive t…

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When I was working through the triage phase of my retirement and struggling with a lot of anxiety and worry and frankly panic, the second most important thing that I did that helped a lot, it wasn't the second thing I did, but the second most important thing I did was I acknowledged that my thoughts, my feelings were real, but the fears that were underneath them weren't. And there's a guy on the platform, I'll tag him, his name's Doc Amon. And he talks about something called ANTS, A-N-T-S. I forget what it stands for, but it's like negative intrusive thoughts. And you basically have to acknowledge that that isn't you, it's your brain being a jerk. And you have to just acknowledge that those thoughts aren't you. There's something biological and chemical that's happening that you have to just kind of not dismiss, but understand that what's underneath it isn't real. So get a hold of those intrusive thoughts. Thank you.