Getting yourself hooked begins when you accept thoughts as facts. I’m no good at this. I always screw it up. Often, you then start avoiding situations that evoke those thoughts. I’m not even going to try. Or you may endlessly replay the thought. The last time I tried it was so humiliating. Sometimes, perhaps following the well-meaning advice of a friend or a family member, you attempt to will these thoughts away. I shouldn’t have thoughts like this. It’s counterproductive. Or, soldiering on, you force yourself to do what you dread, even when it’s the hook itself, not anything you genuinely
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