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Strategy: Change your thoughts

You, Me, Baby MODULE 4 | Discovering my distorted thoughts Strategy: Change your thoughts

Using different thoughts is not the only way to change thoughts.
Sometimes it is necessary to think about things that negatively affect our mood, but it is important not to do this too often.
In this regard, you can decide to limit the time spent on these thoughts to five or ten minutes a day. Try to do this when you are not with your baby.

When we are sad, we feel that the situation is very painful and that it will remain so forever.
One way to change this thinking is to shift the focus on the future.
Take a moment to think about the near future, when things will be better. Visualize the future.

Changing unhelpful thoughts may be new to you.
When you are doing something new, it can be helpful to talk to yourself.
If you admit to having an unhelpful thought, name it out loud or write it down somewhere. “I just thought that I will be sick throughout my pregnancy; this is an unhelpful thought.”