When Thoughts Spiral -- Negative Thought Patterns

This is for you! I don’t care who you are; you have struggled with some sort of negative thought pattern. 

Find out which ones! This week, we discovered that negative thoughts tend to follow several patterns. We talked about each of these patterns and how we can fight them. This episode is so close to us because it is something that we are actively dealing with RIGHT NOW. Be sure to check out all of the valuable sources below!

Here are some helpful links that we used in our research:

• https://www.craiggroeschel.com/books/winning-the-war-in-your-mind
• https://www.verywellmind.com/negative-thinking-patterns-and-beliefs-2584084#:~:text=Unlike%20self%2Ddefeating%20beliefs%2C%20negative,reinforce%20your%20self%2Ddefeating%20beliefs.
• https://thebestbrainpossible.com/negative-thinking-depression-mind/

Video Links:

• James’s Discord Video
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3VTcLAdy-s
• “Life is fun”
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAb_bCtKuXg

Outside Quotes:

• “I need some help because I’m still my worst enemy. No matter where I am, I’ll still get the best of me. I’m my own enemy.” - Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch
• “How easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten path for ourselves.” - Henry David Thoreau (Walden)
• “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Attributed to Edmund Burke, included by John F Kennedy in a speech in 1961.
• “That we try to suffocate, you know, hopin' it dies
  Try to hold it underwater but it always survives
  Then it comes up out of nowhere like an evil surprise
  Then it hovers over you to tell you millions of lies” -NF