How to Get Outside of Your Own Head

Use ‘dual awareness’ when your brain won’t let you get on with your day

Ashley Abramson
Forge
Published in
5 min readJul 13, 2020

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Thoughtful woman looking back over her shoulder while preparing vegetables in her kitchen.
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I could hear my kids whine for snacks and TV shows, but I was missing the mental step that connected the sound to me, a person who could do something about it.

I stayed in my spot on the couch for over an hour, as if in a fugue state. All of my mental energy…

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Ashley Abramson
Forge

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.