Clarifying Thoughts

               “Know thyself. The unexamined life is not worth living”

                                                                                       ~ Socrates

 

~ Correcting Inaccurate Thoughts ~

 

See things, as they are… not worse.

Become the witness to the thoughts (internal dialogue). “You are not the voice in your head…you are the observer of the voice.”

The voice in your head is the ego…the ego is a pseudo reality. It’s a collection of consciousness created by our subjective perception of “our” world.

~ Emotional Awareness ~

Become aware of the emotions. (Thoughts-feelings-behaviors)

Stop using emotional reasoning.  

Intellect comes second to emotions.

We need to re-establish critical thinking with thoughts-feelings-actions.

Emotions are questionable and delude critical thinking.

~ Cognitive Distortions ~

Cognitive distortions are irrational thoughts that fuel your emotions.

Catastrophizing, all-or-nothing, overgeneralization, emotional reasoning, Fortune telling, and mind reading. 

 ~ Fighting Back ~  (Re-wiring the brain)

 Regain YOU!

 “We get what we settle for”

Disputing negative thoughts…correcting your thinking.  Awareness teaches you to make your mind work for you through critical thinking…not against you with emotional thoughts. Clarify and evaluate every thought.

Clarifying thoughts allows us to discern between what’s in our best interest, and what’s not. It’s important to note that our brain is indifferent to whether we have happy, meaningful lives. The main function of the brain is wired to have an insatiable appetite for survival and reproduction. This is a very important part of understanding behaviors when it comes to knowing who we are, and why we do what we do.

 

“The lives of many humans are governed by nothing more than the pleasure and pain that comes from the satisfaction and frustration of appetites. Appetites and reason are part of every human, but his or her character is revealed by which of the two dominates”

 

                                                                                    Aristotle