244 - Friday Fix: Don’t Believe Everything You Think

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Your brain lies to you. But, it’s tough to recognize those lies sometimes. Your brain will convince you that you messed everything up or that no one likes you. Or it will trick you into thinking it can predict the future and it’ll tell you something bad is going to happen. Whether you think you’re not smart enough to succeed or you believe that you’ll never get out of debt, your beliefs can quickly turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Fortunately, you don’t have to believe everything you think. In fact, you can learn to recognize how your brain tries to trick you into believing things that aren’t true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:52.5	Okay. You're listening to the Friday fix. Every Friday, I share a quick mental strength strategy that can help fix the thoughts, feelings, and actions that can hold you back in life.
0:54.9	Today I'm talking about how to stop believing everything that you think. Your brain is an amazing storyteller and it likes to play tricks on you.
1:01.0	And much of the time, the stories it creates and the things it tells you aren't true.
1:06.5	It will look at all the things that have happened to you in the past and turn it into a story.
1:10.7	Like it might tell you that you're not smart enough by weaving together all the mistakes you've made
1:15.2	and reminding you of every failure that you've ever had.
1:19.2	Your brain will also try to convince you that it has amazing fortune-telling capabilities.
1:24.5	As you think about the future, it will make predictions about what might happen
1:28.4	and try to convince you that it knows how things are going to end. In the moment, it will also try to
1:34.4	convince you that you're incompetent or that no one likes you. It will try to trick you into acting
1:40.1	in a way that makes those things become true. The conversations that you have with yourself are powerful.
1:46.6	Your self-talk affects how you feel and how you behave.
1:50.6	Like if you're thinking that you're going to fail at something,
1:53.3	you'll probably feel nervous or discouraged.
1:56.0	And then you might put in less effort
1:57.7	because you assume that you're going to fail
1:59.5	regardless of how hard you try. That will actually increase the chances that you're going to fail. Or if you walk into a new
2:06.6	situation thinking that you don't belong or that you don't fit in, you'll probably go sit by yourself
2:12.0	in the corner because you feel awkward. Then people will be less likely to talk to you and you'll
2:17.4	turn those thoughts that you
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