cognitions

“There are intrusions of traumatic memory, there’s avoidance of salient reminders, there are negative alterations in cognitions and in mood, and there are alterations in arousal and reactivity,” Kaufman said.

“Up to now emotions and cognitions have been studied separately,” Suchotzki says.

We can transform our minds drastically and immediately, and when effective, forge healthy cognitions that last long after the headsets are removed.

"It kind of kicks off all of those negative and scary cognitions that can then contribute to increasing the anxiety with the face mask."

In fact, there’s an entire body of research dedicated to the ruminative, self-blaming thoughts many of us tend to have in the wake of procrastination, which are known as “procrastinatory cognitions.”