Every anxious person knows what obsessive thoughts are and how difficult it is to get rid of them. Obsessive thoughts can occur in all three tenses. You may regret the past, worry about your future, and stress yourself out in the present moment. Obsessive thoughts can be compared to working on a computer when you have thousands of tabs open and there is simply not enough RAM to process all the requests. It's the same in life. All your attention is captured by the stream of thoughts, and you are unable to do other things because you simply do not have enough strength to do it. So what do we do with the computer when it freezes? We clean it, delete unnecessary files, close programs. You need to do the same with your head. Absolutely all clients are given the task of keeping a SERM diary. When a person writes down his thoughts on a piece of paper, he can, firstly, get everything out of himself and put it out. And, secondly, distance yourself from your thoughts and not merge with them. I am me, thoughts are separate from me. When you see what you have written in front of you, it is much easier for you to be critical of it. At the moment when a thought arises, it may seem to us that it is true. But when we begin to distance ourselves from it a little, we can notice all its rough edges and question it. You need to write down your thoughts every day, even if at first glance it seems to you that they are not there. Give yourself 30 minutes every day where you just write down what’s in your head. Choose the time depending on when you are more anxious - in the morning or in the evening. If you do the blank pages exercise every day for a month, you will notice a big difference in your condition. After some time, you will feel empty, like you have nothing to write. This is a fairly effective technique, but quite energy-consuming. Prepare for the fact that you will resist, put off, not want to write anything, etc. Remember, these are just your thoughts and continue to do this exercise even if you don’t feel like it. You only need to hold out for a month, and then you will decide whether to continue this technique further or not. Remember, this exercise is not a panacea; it will not cure your neurosis. It can significantly alleviate the condition. To get out of neurosis, you need to develop many skills, including distancing yourself from your thoughts. This exercise can perfectly help you develop this skill. If you've done this exercise, kept a SERM journal, or simply kept a personal journal where you wrote down your thoughts, please share your results. What effect did you notice from doing this exercise? Has anything changed or not? Personally, I noticed that my head became much clearer, the number of anxious thoughts decreased and I began to feel better. You could say she cleared the place for more joyful moments..