I must be completely crazy...i keep trying to control the way i think?!
Question: i dont know why but from an early age i had anxiety and i guess i just believed that i was one of those ppl that had something wrong with my thoughts!. so as i got older i would rush and do things and be worried that i might start thinking about something that would stop me from doing what i wanted to do as there was something wrong with my head. i started to not let myself think about things too much as i was worried that if i did i might change my mind about doing things..now i seem to be completely focused on my thoughts all the time and im 25....i still worry that if i keep thinking negative thoughts i might become a depressed person, and i start to control my thought processess to make sure i dont think about these things. its really making me unhappy as i want to let myself be free to think whatever i choose but its hard when i keep noticing my thoughts all the time and i feel like it goes on in my head constantly.its become a battle in my head and i want it to go away.
Answers: i dont know why but from an early age i had anxiety and i guess i just believed that i was one of those ppl that had something wrong with my thoughts!. so as i got older i would rush and do things and be worried that i might start thinking about something that would stop me from doing what i wanted to do as there was something wrong with my head. i started to not let myself think about things too much as i was worried that if i did i might change my mind about doing things..now i seem to be completely focused on my thoughts all the time and im 25....i still worry that if i keep thinking negative thoughts i might become a depressed person, and i start to control my thought processess to make sure i dont think about these things. its really making me unhappy as i want to let myself be free to think whatever i choose but its hard when i keep noticing my thoughts all the time and i feel like it goes on in my head constantly.its become a battle in my head and i want it to go away.
Of course you're not crazy! Everyone has to control the way they think. And avioding dwelling on negative thoughts-like you say you do-is actually a very wise thing to do, not a crazy thing. I'm sure research has shown that people who dwell on negative thoughts, experience more depression than their counterparts who focus on positive thoughts.
Every day of our lives, our human minds are bombarded with tons of thoughts, some of which would be extremely damaging if we didn't reject these thoughts...i.e. you have thoughts about entering an unhealthy adulterous affair that will ruin yout family or even worse...if you didn't dismiss or reject negative thoughts that entered your head then you would be in trouble. IMagine the mess of the world i people like you and I did not 'take control of our minds'!?! If everyone acted on their thoughts...we could seek to violently take revenge out of bitterness through a bad break u with an ex-partner...or attack our neighbour for them spreading gossip about us...or slap our boss!! The list is endless with negative though-patterns that we have to reject each day.
It also seems like you're quite indecisive too...I know how you feel, and being in 'limbo', between choices is not a good place to be! To combat this problem...just make sure you make a choice...making a choice is better than not making a choice at all!!!
A Christian author called Joyce Meyer is so convinced that human beings have to 'battle' with negative thoughts that she called one of her best-selling books, "The Battlefield of the Mind"-just as you described your mind. It's a really interesting book on how to deal with negative thoughts.
Don't be hard on yourself! Just relax and try not to be too pre-occupied with your thoughts. Just be aware of negative thought and not to dwell on them.
lighten up pipi! You are looking for a problem that aint there. chill out you are no different from the rest of us
Get connected with God and He is your problem solver. Focus your thoughts on truths in Bible and Heaven, and you will be living a peaceful and delightul life.
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God gives us a wonderful body and a sound mind and life.
God loves us, and we are precious to Him.
The Son of God died on the Cross to save us from condemnation, and qualifying us to Heaven.
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