Negative Thoughts
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| Fri, 05-21-2004 - 12:10pm |
I had no idea how many negative thougths i have in any one given day! It's amazing. Like yesterday, when i was out doing errands, i had all these thoughts, when i saw lovers holding hands or old people sitting on bench togehter that I will never find love; i am not deserving of love and i will spend the rest of my life alone! No wonder i am so freaking depressed if i talk to myself like this all day long!
So, i turned those thougths around with: I am loveable; i do deserve love and i will find it!
Just thougth i would post this to see if any of you would like to try the same process. I have never felt i had the right to try and turn my thoughts around (go figure!) and am i beginning to see that i, alone, am in charge of the way i talk to myself and that every thought in my head does not need to be real or entertained. I do think this is leftover stuff from childhood. It's good to be able to identify the origins of such negative thinking. I want to change the way i think!
Anyway, this is helping me, so i thought i would put it out there for all of you!
Clarice

One of my lessons was to write down 5 things each day that I liked about myself. Years ago when I did the program I remember one of my answers to that was "people think I am good at my job." What is up with that answer? Sheesh!! Talk about low self esteem.
elf