Thoughts

Stop catastrophising and cognitive fusion

3 principles

Thoughts Are Not Facts

Your mind tells stories — not all of them are true

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.

A thought is just a mental event — it becomes a problem only when you treat it as the truth.

The phantom crisis

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Anticipated catastrophes are just thoughts — don't let your body react to things that haven't happened.

See the shape, not just the content

If our thinking is straightforward and clear, we are better equipped to reach our goals.

Don't fight each worry individually — learn to recognise the thinking pattern beneath it.