Our Private Mental Theatre
Our thoughts are like a private theatre, and as such they can fascinate us. They are sometimes unpredictable and sometimes on cue. They can surprise us, stimulate us, move us to action and sometimes to tears.
As much as thoughts can trigger emotions, they can also be triggered by them: feelings influence what is shown in our mental theatre.
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The Thought-Emotion Loop & How Micro-emotions Can Lead to All-Consuming Thoughts
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“Spontaneous” thoughts. “Micro” emotions. What of them? They sound harmless, trivial and insignificant. They are constant, continual and cumulative. They can have quite a malign macro impact. Think of them in juxtaposition to Death By a Thousand Cuts: a form of torture and execution. How harmless do they sound now?
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