To discipline your mind, write down your ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and ask yourself if they are true. https://t.co/VQaMtKPc62
To discipline your mind, write down your ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and ask yourself if they are true. https://t.co/VQaMtKPc62
If you're struggling with negative thoughts, achieving flow is probably the best medicine. Contrary to popular wisdom, forced positive thinking often makes things worse.
LessWrong • How to Be Happy - LessWrong
The bottom line is not whether a thought is positive or negative, true or false, pleasant or unpleasant, optimistic or pessimistic, but whether it helps you create a fulfilling life.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
The interesting thing is that if the thought is a good one, based on something positive, that it actually looks different in the brain than a negative thought does. The toxic thought, as I refer to them, will affect your entire body. They form a different type of chemical than a positive thought does. The toxic thought causes little thorns to grow
... See moreJoyce Meyer • Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You
hope you’re starting to see that negative thoughts—in and of themselves—are not problematic; they don’t directly cause stress, depression, anxiety, and so on. It’s only when we respond to them in OBEY mode that problems occur.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap
It’s widely believed that 90-95% of the thoughts people experience are repeated thoughts from the previous day. And many of those repeated thoughts are unhealthy ones. I believe this repetition occurs when we become unaware of our attention’s whereabouts. When left unchecked, our attention gravitates towards the dark place in our mind where bad tho... See more