I struggled for years with negative thoughts.

There were times I felt like my own mind was attacking me in a nonstop barrage of terrible thoughts.

Nothing in particular was happening to even justify the thoughts, most of the time, but they just kept coming.

It took years for me to realize that I am super aware and that many thoughts were other people’s and most importantly potential realities and timelines I was aware of.

I remember at one point I would go for daily walks around the block and it took almost all my focus to keep flipping each negative thought.

If I let my mind wander for a second there was another shit thought.

Obviously I didn’t enjoy my walks very much because at the time I believed I had to address and change every unwanted thought I had!

Have you tried that method too?!

It was insane, and thankfully I realized pretty quickly that I don’t have to spend my entire life analyzing, chopping, and reconfiguring each thought I’m aware of.

I want to point out...

Being in a crappy thought loop is never fun.

It can feel like you’re being attacked by your own thoughts.

You suddenly can’t stop thinking these terrible thoughts, and the more you push against them the worse they get. 

So why does this happen?

The old saying “what you resist persists” comes to mind.

You have decided, perhaps in an instant, that whatever you were thinking is bad and you need to banish it quickly!

Judgment is at the root of probably all suffering.

You’ve been triggered and now you find yourself judging your thoughts as negative, bad, and scary.

Truth is, nothing has any meaning except what you assign it to mean.

So, if you have decided it is a bad, wrong, terrible thought, you’ve set yourself up for a battle.

If you drop the judgment and start to identify certain thoughts as simply unwanted, you’ll release them so much faster.

Some people teach that you must be positive all the time and think super happy thoughts or you’ll create negative experiences....

Have you ever known someone who struggles in basically every area of their life?

No matter what they do they can’t seem to catch a break. They work super hard and try to be optimistic, yet things seem to stay the same or get worse for them.

It can often be difficult to know what to say to be encouraging or supportive when outwardly it looks like they are doing "all the right '' things.

But, they aren't getting the results they want.

The person clearly has thought loops such as…

I keep working hard, but nothing is going right. Maybe I'm not working hard enough; I'll work harder, hmm but that won't work either since I've tried that before, ugh I suck! I have no idea what to do, nothing works for me!!

So with all those thoughts spinning, you’ll feel worse and worse focusing and activating more of what you don't want.

A vicious cycle. It's like getting caught on a crappy thought hamster wheel.

So what can you do about it?

First be aware when you’re focused on the...