Step back. See your thoughts on a screen like a scrolling message board. A news ticker. Wave.
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Your thoughts follow patterns. Recognizable patterns. The critical thoughts, those are not contextual, those are a pattern. The shameful words, they work to isolate you. Those are a pattern. Those anxious words, those try to distract you. Those are a pattern too.
Find your pattern. Find distance and clarity.
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Journal prompt: My patterns are…
Here are some powerful visuals that may aid distance from unwanted thoughts.
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Boundaries: Journal Prompt Series
Anxiety: Journal Prompt Series
Big Decisions: Journal Prompt Series
Simplify: Journal Prompt Series
Identity: Journal Prompt Series
Kind and self-compassionate thought patterns.
Do they happen for you?
Are they just offered to your friend? There is a pattern
Where do you feel content
Mental Health & Journaling 