Not All Thoughts Are True

The Third Commandment of Self-Brain Surgery

Thoughts all seem true, because they sound like you. They’re in your voice, and surely you wouldn’t lie to yourself, right?

The bad news is, research suggests that you have between 20,000 and 60,000 automatic thoughts per day. These are the thoughts that just “pop into” your head, and they are overwhelmingly (studies indicate around 80%) negative and fal…