A point to add based on my experience - these patterns of "unhelpful thinking" are built up as patterned responses to events over time. Probably years. They become persistent because they were not caught in the past and responded to, and end up just feeling like truths. This contributes to the feeling that these thoughts are actually facts, and that these stories are predictions, and more REAL or TRUE than our positive thoughts.
I enjoyed these thoughts!
A point to add based on my experience - these patterns of "unhelpful thinking" are built up as patterned responses to events over time. Probably years. They become persistent because they were not caught in the past and responded to, and end up just feeling like truths. This contributes to the feeling that these thoughts are actually facts, and that these stories are predictions, and more REAL or TRUE than our positive thoughts.
Cheers, B
100% agree! We are not our thoughts, and sometimes we take these to be truths about ourselves, when really they are not! Thank you for sharing :)