Changing the way we think seems nearly impossible. How do you stop spiraling thoughts? Share your tips in the comments!īuy Get Out of Your Head here (affiliate link).Stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts by learning how to become imitators of Christ.Īre your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen-the visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering-knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, and she knows that from those thoughts, beliefs begin to form: "I'll never be good enough." "Other people have better lives than I do." "God couldn't really love me." There are resources for the book at her Web site: It would be good to have on a bookshelf as a reference tool and a reminder that even our mind can be given to God. I highly recommend it to anyone high school age or older, especially anyone who has dealt with anxiety.
Get Out of Your Head is a very useful book for anyone who has had spiraling thoughts. The book ends by examining what the Bible says about our thoughts and how we can use the Bible to get our mind back on track. Spending time with God, being grateful and being honest are three of her suggestions. The second section goes over very specific choices each person can make to take action against spiraling thoughts. She shares a lot of her own stories, including 18 months where she let her thoughts attack her faith. The author starts addressing how we think when bad thoughts spiral in our heads and looks at certain steps we can take to try to redirect them. It’s not a long books, so I read it in just a few days. It came available from the library as an ebook after several weeks. I heard about Get Out of Your Head on a podcast and added it to my to-read list.
Often, the thoughts we want to stop are based on lies and those need to be replaced on truth to shift our focus. She believes that as Christians, we can lean on God to help us change our thought process, thereby changing our emotions and reactions. Jennie Allen wants to help people fight that battle going on in their heads. We all have times when our brain is just swirling with thoughts and it can seem hard to stop them. “When you and I choose to believe a lie about ourselves, it’s one of these three lies we believe: I’m helpless.
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