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Just as I had convinced myself I can rest for a moment I mess up a test the next morning. All the hard work that I did to be able to tell myself that I am doing everything I can and that I physically need a break just went down the drain all because I forgot to study for a basic polynomial quiz. Suddenly I'm back where I started with the devil grabbing at me to listen to him. He tells me that I'm already such a screw-up that there's no point in trying to redeem myself. It's over for me.
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All of these are just thoughts needing the energy that you willingly or unknowingly provide to persist. This energy comes from your attention, initially, and when you add a dramatic story (like the devil story) and an emotional reaction, the thought gets super-charged with staying power. Have you ever had a thought that was replaced by another unrelated thought without you hardly noticing? This happens when you add nothing to it - no label, no opinion, no story, no emotional reaction - nothing.
Unwanted thoughts can't be prevented or forced to leave. When they show up, let them stay exactly as they are in your mind in their original form. Eventually, and sooner rather than later, they will be replaced. If the next one is unwanted, repeat the 'no reaction' response. When a wanted or useful thought arrives, energize it with your attention, imagination, get excited. Even allow it to direct you to do something supporting.
You are not your thoughts. You are not the mind that has thoughts. You are the awareness that has this wonderfully powerful thinking instrument (your brain) that needs to be better understood and managed. This method will get you started.
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