What came first? The negative emotion or the destructive thinking pattern. This is a question that I’ve been trying to answer for a while now. But I cannot seem to come up with a clear answer, and the main reason for this is that these two are quite interconnected. When you don’t feel good, that state has a tendency to colour your thoughts and mental view points. Likewise, when you’re stuck in some self-defeatist mental prison, that can make you feel pretty bad emotionally. Then, if that isn’t enough, these two seem to feed off each other at times.
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