
Unless you are paying attention to what you are feeling and then practicing good daily emotional hygiene by processing patterns of thought that don’t feel good, ANT’s may be overwhelming your mind and stealing your joy.
Let me explain. ANTs stand for Automatic Negative Thoughts and scientist say that the average person has about 45,000 of them each day! This may sound bad, but the worst part is that thoughts with negative emotions attached to them create a physiological response in our bodies.
The amygdala (survival) part of our brain perceives negative emotions as a signal that danger is present and so it activates the stress response to give us the ability to run for our lives.
This is wonderful if you are faced with true physical danger but not so great if it gets activated throughout your day because of what you are thinking about.
Overtime the physiological reactions of the “stress response” can create havoc with our physical and emotional wellbeing including digestive issues, tension in muscles, headaches, weight gain, diminished immune function, insomnia, anxiety, inability to concentrate, depression and much more.
So, what can you do about it?
- Start becoming more aware of what you are thinking about throughout the day and how those thoughts feel.
- Process & release daily stresses, upsets, resentments & worries using your favorite energy healing techniques.
- Limit negative input: STOP before you read, watch, or listen to anything and ask yourself:
- Does focusing on this feel good or bad?
- Is this something that I want to experience for myself?
- Does this add to my happiness & well-being or detract from it?
- Is this empowering or dis-empowering to think about?
- Is this life affirming or life detracting?
- Do I want to bring the essence of this into my life?
What you think about really matters because what you are thinking is not only affecting your physical body and your emotions, but it’s also affecting what you are attracting into your experience.
Give it a try and let me know how it goes. – Bonnie