Most of us spend a lot of time inside our own mind —worrying about the future, replaying events in the past, and generally focusing on the parts of life that leave us dissatisfied’-Patricia Harteneck.
Thoughts are said to be products of experiences in and around our lives. They are causes of emotions either pleasant or otherwise. You are who you are today because of your accumulated thoughts over the years. Put simply, to change your life change your thought process or pattern.
However, I know there are certain naughty thoughts we struggle with for a long
Thoughts come back to us not to punish us, rather, its primary purpose is to stir us to take actions about it.
time but wont yield, and I know because I have been there. They have caused us nothing but heartaches, guilt, fear, discouragement, unworthiness, depression etc. You of course know what I mean.
Patricia Harteneck, said in her write up titled 7 ways to deal with negative thoughts, ‘Most of us spend a lot of time inside our own mind —worrying about the future, replaying events in the past, and generally focusing on the parts of life that leave us dissatisfied’.
Bringing back to mind one of such thoughts I wrestled with for so many years. It literally place on hold on my life. And guess what it was planted in my mind by one the senior member of my extended family at the prime stage of my life. This thought pattern caused me nightmares and practically affected everything.
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Some of your pains today can be traced back to those ideas, words, experiences left with you way back in time of your life.
How Do I Stop Thoughts that border me
Against what some of us have been fed for so many years that when you get busy you can tame those wicked provoking thoughts, but it does not work that way. Now here is the real approach. If you master this one you will be free for the rest of your life from what seems to have compromised your life’s quality for a long, only God knows, time:
1. Thoughts come back to us not to punish us, rather, its primary purpose is to stir us to take actions about it.
For someone who have been bedeviled by an abusive relationship of any kind. The reason those thoughts keep coming is to cause you to take actionable steps; make a gut call, put your foot down and demand for an answer. Do not fail to report any action that threatens your life or that of your children.
Talk to the person involved about how you feel- be honest.
2. Thoughts keep coming because your mind wants a promise that you will never allow the situation to reoccur, either to you, someone you care about or everyone who cares to listen to you: this in itself will set you up for a purposeful and fulfilling life.
Author: OluSeyi ADEBOWALE
Publisher | The MHM Magazine | Oluseyi Adebowale, more commonly known as Seyi, is the publisher of The MHM Magazine. His deep-seated passion for the realm of mental health and emotional well-being served as the impetus for the inception of this initiative. Seyi harbors a vision wherein the magazine evolves into essential reading material for all individuals yearning to foster a wholesome lifestyle while embracing life's myriad pleasures to the fullest.
