General Information About Thoughts

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Thoughts are the inner dialogue we have with ourselves. Thousands of thoughts run through our minds every day—sometimes fleetingly, without us paying much attention to them.

Different kinds of thoughts constantly cross our minds, often intertwined with one another. By learning to recognize your thoughts, you can better distinguish between what is true and what is merely your own interpretation. At times, we may mistakenly take certain thoughts as facts, even when they do not reflect external reality.

Positive and Negative Thoughts

Frequently recurring thoughts have a strong influence on how you act and behave in different situations. To recognise the impact of your thoughts on your actions, you need to take a moment to listen to yourself.

Identifying your thoughts is worthwhile because it gives you the opportunity to work with them. It also helps you distinguish between what is true and what is merely your own interpretation.

Positive, constructive, and beneficial thoughts improve our well-being. They heal, encourage, and inspire.

Negative, destructive, or unhelpful thoughts, on the other hand, often make us feel bad and lower our mood. Isolated harmful thoughts can turn into recurring negative thought patterns in your daily life. These harmful patterns can prevent you from acting as you wish, weaken your self-esteem, lower your mood, and increase dissatisfaction.

What Kind of Thoughts?

Thoughts can be about almost anything. With our thoughts, we can also do many things, such as:

• Motivate ourselves
• Discourage ourselves
• State facts
• Plan ahead
• Worry about the past
• Dream

Positive, constructive, and beneficial thoughts uplift our mood, encourage us, and drive us to take action. These types of thoughts help us see more opportunities, and obstacles feel less overwhelming.

Even when things are really bad, at least I try to do something about them.

Even though I made a mistake, I can learn from it for the future.

A tough day, but I got through it.

Negative, destructive, or unhelpful thoughts often make us feel bad and lower our mood. They also discourage us, making challenges seem harder.

I don’t know anything, even though I’ve been studying for a long time.

Everything is just getting worse.

I never get anything done.

Did you notice the difference between the positive and negative thoughts while reading the examples? If you give too much space and importance to harmful thoughts, they start to influence your actions. The same applies in reverse—when you focus on positive thoughts, their impact strengthens.

Do Harmful Thought Patterns Guide Your Actions?

Sometimes, we get stuck in repetitive negative thought patterns that discourage us and make us feel bad. If you think negatively about yourself, such as "Nothing ever goes right for me," you may start behaving in a way that undermines yourself. You make choices believing that you will fail.

Harmful thought patterns can unconsciously influence how you perceive things, act, and make decisions. That’s why it’s important to recognize recurring thought patterns that:

• Prevent you from being your true self
• Stop you from utilizing your full skills and abilities
• Lower your self-esteem

Harmful thought patterns can be changed into more positive ones using different techniques. If you give too much space to negative thoughts, they will start affecting your actions.