Thank you so much for your article on 'psychache'. That describes exactly how I feel. And with a fairly academic background, as well as being a doctor, I feel I should be able to think or rationalise my way out of it. But I can't. Your posts made so much sense.

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Your story is the antidote Is about my insight which I gained today Today is my sober day 159 Without alcohol 13 years without opiates So I wanted to drink today badly and being a doctor I knew it was a opportunity to device something for people I want to help, I started searching healthy things to do and received a lot of things but I wanted something on my phone with least effort and the thing that worked was my reminding of my self it was my 155th day healthy without depression and other details I’ve overcome and that narrative was most powerful and instantly changed my mindset from wanting to “being” as Eckhart tolle calls it It was good

You are not imagining it. When you finally sit down, the replaying starts. The conversations you should have handled differently. The things that might go wrong. The version of yourself that is not good enough. This is not anxiety as a personality trait. This is a brain network switching on — the Default Mode Network — and it runs on everything unprocessed that you have been too busy to sit with. 47% of the time, your mind is not where you are. And when it wanders, it does not go somewhere kind. I put together a simple breakdown of what this network is, what it does to you, and what actually helps. Tap the attachment — no login, no charge, just the information. — Dr. Santosh Luna