This Is How To Deal With Negative Thoughts: 6 Secrets From Research

In the theater of the mind, unwanted thoughts are the hecklers in the back row, throwing popcorn at the screen of your consciousness. Your brain, that squishy blob sitting in its dark skull-room is like those old jukeboxes in dive bars that play the same three songs on a loop. Except instead of “Don’t Stop Believin’,” it’s “What if everyone’s secretly laughing at you?”

We’ve all had intrusive thoughts at one time or another: impostor syndrome, embarrassing memories, fears, anxieties, guilt, re...