Differentiate between ruminating and problem-solving
Thinking about strategies that would help you overcome an obstacle is helpful, but imagining yourself unable to tolerate pain isn't productive. Whenever you find yourself thinking about something for an extended time, take a minute to think whether you're ruminating or problem-solving.
If you're actively solving or preventing problems, keep processing. But, if you're simply rehashing things that already happened or making catastrophic predictions about things you can't control, change the channel.
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"We're all alone in this universe, helpless and worthless."..... atleast that's what we all think but time and time It's been proven that knowledge and like minded people are there all around us and we just need to open up our eyes to take a look around
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