Re: But what if....

Posted by Jost on July 14, 2006, at 22:00:24

In reply to But what if...., posted by Declan on July 14, 2006, at 1:26:47

It is important to argue with them, or find another, better thought to take their place.
You need to take a stand-- maybe not arguing, but moving away from identification with the bad thought, and opening up a space for something better.
It could be different things. Probably everyone has their own personal approach.
Sometimes I just say to myself, "I can do it" "I can do it" a lot of times, and for some reason that phrase really has traction with me. Don't know why-- but it does. It's a bit irrational, but I find that that phrase just works--even if there's no particular thing that I'm trying to do--except believe that I'm not a failure, or useless, or whatever.
And if I stick with it, and put my thoughts more and more into the feeling it gives me, it carries me to a different place.
Jost

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