You're not doing it correctly! Mindfulness, as it was taught to me during DBT, can be about only focusing on one thing. It can also be letting your thoughts drift through your mind, not observing them or pushing them away, just letting them float in and out.
If you are actively blocking out thoughts then you're not being truly mindful. I was told it's like having your brain made out of Teflon (the non stick substance on frying pans)- thoughts don't stick in your mind they kind of run off. But with no effort.
It's like meditating I suppose. You're not really supposed to try and do it, just let it happen.
It is quite hard, as when you have a thought it's natural to then think "oh no! I've had a thought! I need to get rid of it" and then it kind of triggers more thoughts. If I have a thought I left it drift out of my mind like clouds drifting through the sky.
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