May 11, 2018
Two visualization exercises for dealing w negative thoughts
the friend method: pretend you are saying the thing to a good friend. would you say the thing to a good friend? then don't say it to yourself.
the child method: pretend you are saying it to a child. maybe yourself as a child. someone said those negative things to you at some point, probably when you were a child - so doing this can help you reach the place where the harm happened and realize no one should have said the thing.