If your thoughts affect your emotions…
…which then affect your behaviour…
…being aware of these thoughts will help you how manage all these things
Basically…
…if we process info positively…
…we will feel positive
A big obstacle to managing your emotions
and behaviours in this are Automatic Thoughts
Automatic thoughts are lightening fast and are bridges between events and emotions
Automatic thoughts tend to appear as single word or phrase in your head
Automatic thoughts are always believed to be true, no matter how false they are
Usually a single Automatic thoughts will lead to a string of them
“I can’t do it”
leads to:
“I’m dumb”
leads to:
“I’ll never achieve anything”
leads to:
“My life is a failure”
Automatic Thoughts are learned over time e.g.: if you’re told you’re dumb, your automatic thoughts will keep bringing it up
Because they’re learned, they can also be changed.
It takes time, but it can be done