Interesting, yeah this is kinda similar to “being present”. Focusing intensely on something like how the inside of your knee feels or your breath can pull you away from your current mindset.
As someone with experience in similar approaches - exhausting because of the effort to keep your attention focused on the desired object and away from the destructive loop?
Basically. When dealing with psychosis, I’m having to constant ignore everything going on in my head and force myself see past whatever my brain wants to do, feel, and see.
For me, I know what’s real and what isn’t. I just can’t stop myself from acting on not real information.