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| Subject: How to break a cycle of negative thoughts Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:23 pm | |
| We spend a lot of time thinking negatively. Nearly half our waking hours are spent thinking about something other than what we are doing – we ruminate on past disappointments, worry about the future, or recall embarrassing moments over and over.
While it would be unrealistic to eliminate our negative thoughts altogether, psychologists have found that dwelling on them excessively can be detrimental both mentally and physically as essential parts of a cell's DNA, its telomeres, become shortened when stressed, affecting the way cells age.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/how-to-break-and-reframe-the-cycle-of-negative-thoughts-20171019-gz4b2y.html |
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