I'm about f years into recovery after doing the initial Looking (which I did many times at the beginning). I still find that turning the attention inward to the feeling of "me" is quite helpful. I do it maybe two or three times a week especially when I get caught up in certain kinds of thinking and feeling. It really takes me right out of any negative state I might get stuck in.
I also do the Self-Directed Attention. I find it so much easier now to notice when I get hooked by useless thoughts but thoughts are sometimes so powerful I often still get carried away by them. I find that any negative emotion that isn't useful (some are, most aren't) is usually an alarm bell signifying the presence of a negative train of thought. It's at these times that I put my attention on "me" again.
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