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“Feeling like acting and actually acting are two different things. A person mired deep in procrastination might claim he is unable to work, but what he really means is that he is unable to make himself feel like working.” — The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman

“Reassurance can actually exacerbate anxiety: when you reassure your friend that the worst-case scenario he fears probably won’t occur, you inadvertently reinforce his belief that it would be catastrophic if it did” — The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman

“A person who has resolved to ‘think positive’ must constantly scan his or her mind for negative thoughts - there’s no other way that the mind could ever gauge its success at the operation - yet that scanning will draw attention to the presence of negative thoughts.” — The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman