Overcoming Negative Thoughts

​We all have negative thoughts at some time. Often we can be our worst critic, and we would never dare to say those things to somebody else.

When suffering anxiety, negative thoughts (as well as feelings) can overwhelm us. However, the thoughts themselves aren't in fact the issue, after all thoughts are just words, they are not the truth.

However, we tend to see them as real, true, and therein lies the problem. The more frequent the negative thoughts, the more we believe them. Often, our reaction to these thoughts is to try and ignore them or to try and push them away; and the more we notice that they are there, the more worked up we get.

Negative thoughts can make us feel stressed, anxious, depressed and hopeless. However, they can be overcome.

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