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5 Ways to Drive Away Negative Thinking
Remember those scenes from The Exorcist where the priest tries to drive the ghost out of the possessed child? Driving away negative thoughts doesn’t require as much effort, but it can be a pretty serious battle. You can’t just tell them to be gone, but instead, need to develop a longstanding strategy for driving them away and keeping them out for good. #1: Admit you have a problem. It can be downright impossible to do self-reflection on this topic because we often don’t pay attention to your own words or body language. One helpful way to gauge your level of […]
5 Ways to Drive Away Negative Thinking
Remember those scenes from The Exorcist where the priest tries to drive the ghost out of the possessed child? Driving away negative thoughts doesn’t require as much effort, but it can be a pretty serious battle. You can’t just tell them to be gone, but instead, need to develop a longstanding strategy for driving them away and keeping them out for good. #1: Admit you have a problem. It can be downright impossible to do self-reflection on this topic because we often don’t pay attention to your own words or body language. One helpful way to gauge your level of […]
6 Defense Mechanism You Don’t Even Know That You’re Using
There are some pretty amazing defense mechanisms in nature. Sea slugs squirt out their own intestines to make a veiled escape. Birds like peacocks and turkeys ruffle their feathers. Small animals like bugs and frogs carry poisons and colors on their backs to scare away predators—or punish stubborn ones. But when it comes to people, there may be a few defense mechanisms you’re using yourself that you barely recognize. #1: Denial: Sometimes an event or circumstance is so cataclysmically devastating, we just tune it out, and don’t even know we’re doing it. You can become aware of your denial when […]