Dotěrné drmolení - Ovládněme svůj vnitřní hlas, ať nám slouží – Kross Ethan (2023)

We have all experienced when a snippet of a conversation echoes in our heads over and over: I shouldn't have snapped at Dad; he always supports me in everything... An inner voice repeats the urgent reproach again and again and again. We exaggerate, worry, and catastrophize. "Intrusive rambling" refers to these negative thought loops: persistent but worthless ruminations about the past, relentless fears about the future. Negative thoughts prevent us from solving problems and from other necessary activities. They can have social consequences when we constantly emphasize only our problems in interactions with others. In Intrusive Rambling, psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross teaches us how to control the voice in our heads. However, the goal is not to silence it or to stop talking to ourselves – that could backfire. As it turns out, a key strategy is "distanced self-talk," which involves achieving mental distance from oneself, gaining perspective. We then talk to ourselves as if we were another person: You can't know what he actually meant. Maybe he understands your reaction. The inner voice can become one of our strongest assets, transporting us to other worlds, presenting us with a slightly different past, but most importantly, an exciting future –...