Summary of Andrea Bonior's Detox Your Thoughts

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#1 We give our thoughts too much power by overidentifying with them. And we pay a steep psychological price for this. When we invite negative thoughts to hang around, we empower them to begin their long-term corrosion of the way we think about ourselves and our world.

#2 The first step to disempowering your dysfunctional thoughts is to cognitively defuse them, which entails separating your thoughts from your sense of self and also separating your thoughts from the assumption of their truth.

#3 Maggie, a thirty-nine-year-old manager at a nonprofit organization, came to see me because she was struggling with her thoughts. She was constantly worrying about getting fired, and her perfectionism was making her worries about work even worse.

#4 Thought-action fusion is when a particular thought becomes so bothersome that the fear or shame associated with it feels equal to literally acting on the thought. This can be extremely distressing, and can even make you so desperate for the thoughts not to come back that you develop habits or compulsions to keep them at bay.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387947

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Insights on Andrea Bonior and PhD's Detox Your Thoughts

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

We give our thoughts too much power by overidentifying with them. And we pay a steep psychological price for this. When we invite negative thoughts to hang around, we empower them to begin their long-term corrosion of the way we think about ourselves and our world.

#2

The first step to disempowering your dysfunctional thoughts is to cognitively defuse them, which entails separating your thoughts from your sense of self and also separating your thoughts from the assumption of their truth.

#3

Maggie, a thirty-nine-year-old manager at a nonprofit organization, came to see me because she was struggling with her thoughts. She was constantly worrying about getting fired, and her perfectionism was making her worries about work even worse.

#4

Thought-action fusion is when a particular thought becomes so bothersome that the fear or shame associated with it feels equal to literally acting on the thought. This can be extremely distressing, and can even make you so desperate for the thoughts not to come back that you develop habits or compulsions to keep them at bay.

#5

You don’t have to shrink from negative thoughts, and you don’t have to start shouting back. Negative thoughts can be important, but they don’t tell you anything about the person you are or the life you lead. You don’t have to engage with these thoughts.

#6

You must start by accepting the following eight truths: the experience of having a thought is always OK, mere having a thought does not make it true, thoughts alone are not dangerous, you can train yourself to observe your thoughts gently and curiously, without harsh judgment of yourself for having them, avoiding or fighting with your negative thoughts will only