ACT Metaphor: Billboard Advertisments

Metaphors give us perspective; they're central to how we understand the world. They help us to reason and understand what's around us. They’re also illuminating, helping us to see things in a more helpful way. They provide new insight and can change the way we relate to certain things. The Billboard Advertisements metaphor was written by Reuben Lowe to illuminate the enticing nature of our thoughts, and how they tend to pull us in. That is despite whether these thoughts are helpful or unhelpful.

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This is a good metaphor for intrusive thoughts . They can be very demanding. Negative thinking is something I battle with. Remembering that they are not necessarily true but messages that are just demanding my attention and nothing more helps to keep them in the perspective that I don't necessarily have to pay attention to every thought I have. I don't have to be every thought I have. I do not need to identify with every thought that I have. I don't even need to identify with every opinion I have. It is incredibly freeing to not have to be trapped to every thought that runs through my mind.

Absolutely positively BRILLIANT 💯I’m dealing with CPTSD, OCD, and this metaphor cut through so much internal turmoil trying to deal with dark, intrusive thoughts 🙏thank you ‼️

Great message! This will be of great value to me. Thanks!

Love it. I drive for a living and can see the billboards as they go by. Great reminder

It's always great to listen to this track every time it comes up on my home page!