Not All Your Thoughts are Facts
Challenging your thoughts and finding freedom in the truth
Each of us has “automatic thoughts” that determine how we feel about ourselves, others and our lives. Many times these thoughts are conditioned on our past experiences and the belief system we have built to interpret our world. But just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true. Thoughts aren’t always facts.
We have a negativity bias that makes it easy to go to the worst case scenario in every situation. It is easy for our thoughts to spin out into emotions that negatively affect our relationships. We affect our feelings about ourselves and our lives because we don’t slow down and ask if what we are thinking is really true.
One of the habits we can get into is automatically assuming the worst when interpreting someone else’s behavior. It is easy for us to be convinced that their intentions are to hurt us. This causes a lot of unnecessary misunderstanding and pain in relationships.
When we send a text to a friend and they do not answer right away, the brain creates a story about it. “She doesn’t really like you! She hasn’t called you in a while. Now she is not answering your text. She doesn’t want to be your friend!”
