Most of my anxieties are created by thoughts of what might happen in the future. I’m learning to question those thoughts and asking myself if those ideas are even real.
Negative thought: She hasn’t called me so she doesn’t like me anymore.
Balanced thought: I don’t know that. Actually, there could be hundreds of reasons why she hasn’t called me. Maybe she’s busy, or fell asleep, or is working late, or her phone broke/ran out of power, or there is an emergency or in her family, or she’s been abducted by aliens.
The point is, there’s no evidence to prove anything. All of these are just thoughts.
I think the Buddha may have been the first cognitive behavioral therapist.
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