Just saw this resource page called “Thought Stopping,” that pretty comprehensively tackles handling and fixing negative thought patterns. I don’t have much issues in this area as my old thought-stopping technique still works pretty great for me.
The site answers the following crucial questions:
- What is thought stopping?
- How does thought stopping work?
- What are some thought stopping techniques?
- Irrational thinking which blocks you from letting thought stopping work for you
- Directions for thought stopping
I really like the step by step directions they give for accomplishing the task, as well as their list of irrational reasons for allowing the process to fail. The reasons they give include:
- It’s OK if I just think about it and do nothing about it.
- What’s the harm of thinking about it?
- People will never know if I just think about it for a little while.
- I’ve denied myself so much, why can’t I just think about it once in a while?
- You can’t condemn me for thinking.
- I never thought about it before I acted so why should I avoid thinking about it now?