A kind of negative thinking linked to our underlying core beliefs, automatic negative thoughts (or ANTs) are thoughts that occur in response to everyday events, for example, telling yourself that ...

"Many intrusive thoughts are like little ‘ANTs'-Automatic Negative Thoughts," explains Awadallah. "Just like ants at a picnic ...

In fact, the mind will overlook mountains and oceans to find itself an ant hill that can ... Sometimes, we assign our negative self-story to someone else; our thought loops then try to undo ...

It can help to recognize that intrusive thoughts are automatic and not under your control. “Many intrusive thoughts are like little ‘ANTs’—Automatic Negative Thoughts,” explains Awadallah.

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So where does this narrator come from? Our core beliefs: all of the ingrained positive and negative thoughts that influence how we think and feel about ourselves and the world around us.

In 2005, the National Science Foundation stated that the average person has between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day, 80% of which are negative and 95% are the same repetitive thoughts as the ...

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