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I have something on my mind recently about my thoughts. Earlier today, I kept on thinking at the moment I felt so anxious about what my mother will do when she comes home. I always had thoughts that would envision so many conflicts, arguments, and possible future events that I often developed more anxiety from. When I continued to have these thoughts, I stopped to think reconsidering why I was doing it in the first place. I recalled that lesson I'm currently reviewing this week that talks about Personal and Practical reasons and I thought over the personal reasons. How my experiences and traumas within my family life has caused a stir in my value system. How I used thoughts like these which comes in line with the compulsive patterns I've ingrained over the years especially when anxiety plays a role in influencing the rituals rise and continuation (Which I think so far). And as a christian myself, I thought from a verse I got from the bible that says, "It's the thought life that defiles you." I find it useful to know that even a simple a negative thought or a thought that entices anxiety or anxiety enticing the thought can definitely affect the way we act or think throughout our lives either strengthening or conflicting with our highest values.

I see this as a prevaling issue in my life to have such thinking and felt guilt to the point of saying, "what was i thinking?", ya know. So, I'm glad I'm being more considerate of the way I think on things because at times, my own thinking could be wrong. And as I think these thoughts, i start to respond with the values that apply to the sitaution, so that I'm looking at circumstance with clarity, ya know.

Thank you for posting this. I am going through a few things right this very moment which I identify with this and your post has hit on a few of the key issues I need to work on if I am going to get through to the other side. It is amazing at how we allow our negative thoughts to influence us so easily, and yet we rarely look at our positive thoughts to affect us in the same ways. All my life I have allowed my negativity to have much more weight and power in my life than the positive, and it is just a foolish habit I need to break.

I think most people should try to be more positive, and sex addicts need this lesson more tan others. Positive thinking is not the only answer, nor does it solve all our issues, but it is a beginning we can all use to get us started on the right path.

Again, thank you.