Want to stop the overthinking?
I’ve recently noticed a shift in the way my brain DOESN’T overthink my clinical decisions in the veterinary clinic. As in, I just hardly do it anymore. There is of course the odd one, where I question whether I made the right call. SHOULD I have prioritised scanning first instead of doing bloods? Would it have been better to stabilize for longer before jumping into surgery? But instead of obsessively spinning in all the possible ways I may have messed up, I deal with it once. I talk to a colleague. OR I look up the condition and what others have done in the past. I go through my decision process with someone else. I learn from it, if there’s anything to learn. And then I let it lie. Overthinking, it turns out, is a symptom of being in fight and flight mode. Which, it also turns out, a LOT of us in vet med are, on a daily (and nightly!) basis. And this is why I’m doing a lot less of the overthinking now; because I’ve (begrudgingly, it doesn’t come natural to an A+ person) leaned more into how I FEEL as opposed to what I’m THINKING. You cannot THINK yourself out of fight and flight mode. Because your nervous system has taken over, there’s definitely a tiger chasing you, and we’re not going to stop and JOURNAL on the situation, Tina!! Just f*ucking RUN! Or, the equivalent in vet med: work faster and harder, and keep manically problem solving with that speedy brain of yours (whether there is a problem or not). SO, if you’re feeling really stuck in the overthinking spin, you’ve gotta start with learning that your nervous system has gone off the tracks. Because then you can start regulating it. Then you’ll free up so much of that space in the brain you’re using right now to second guess yourself. What will you do with all that free space and time?? How would it feel to just be … calm… with a quiet brain? But HOW?!?! You might be shouting right now. I’m so glad you asked, because that’s what I’m here for 💪 You could start doing the exercise in my podcast episode 83 (The Overwhelmed Vet), and immediately feel calmer. Want more in debt, and achieve long lasting results? Apart from my 1-1 coaching and my course (check it out on my BRAND new web page www.gunilalifecoach.com), you also have the amazing and unique opportunity to go all in attending my 4 day retreat with Chloe Hannigan from VetYogi at my farm in Denmark, Recharge and Reframe. Early bird pricing (15% off) ends the 6th April so go and check it out 👀 |
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