Are Automatic Negative Thoughts Ruining Your Life?
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Do you often predict the worst, talk down to yourself, and take a pessimistic outlook on life?โฃ
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You need to understand that you cannot believe every negative thought that goes through that ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด. We tend to believe our thoughts whether they are true or not โ simply because that beautiful ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ข๐ด wired in and the fact that we never check ourselves to examine if our thoughts are rational, logical, or true. โฃ
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We tend to believe all sorts of shit that goes through our minds without examination. It isnโt ๐ฎ๐น๐น your fault though, as we are conditioned from a young age to never question things, and avoid critical thought. โฃ
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Unless you want to be a slave to your negative predictions โ and continue the cycle of self-sabotage via your self-fulfilling prophecies โ then you must get control of your automatic negative thoughts (๐๐ก๐ง๐).โฃ
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ก๐ง๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ:โฃ
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All or nothing thinking โ Black and white thinking; everything is good or bad.โฃ
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Absolute or โ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ดโ thinking โ Overgeneralizing; using words like never, always, every time, or everyone.โฃ
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Focusing on the negatives โ Seeing only negatives in situations that have positives.โฃ
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Thinking with your feelings โ Relying on how you feel to make decisions rather than staying objective.โฃ
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Guilt beating โ Using guilt to control our behavior; using words like should, must, have to, and ought to.โฃ
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Labeling โ Calling yourself or someone else names.โฃ
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๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ โ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑโ ๐๐ก๐ง๐:โฃ
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Fortune telling โ Predicting the worse when you have no way to know what will really happen.โฃ
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Mind reading โ Making assumptions about what others think when they havenโt told you.โฃ
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Blame โ Blaming others for your problems and making excuses.โฃ
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Blog post mentioned in the video can be found here. There are some helpful charts contained within the blog too!
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