Wow! Do I relate to that. I have read books, attended seminars, therapy, religion, etc for the past 30 years to learn to replace my wrong thinking with right thinking.

You know what?

FCK IT!

It ain't me, Babe. I am simply not destined to be Polyanna and live a life of happy thoughts. I would rather be the true me, sometimes a basket case, than to fake it with "healthy" attitude infusions. You can't teach pigs to sing.

It is like trying to not think about pink elephants. The more you work on it, the stronger it gets.

Over the past few months I have devised my own method of coping with negative thinking. Just let them be. Just observe and let them run their course. It is turning out to be just about as good as any "technique". The negative thoughts run their course and I am not exhausted by trying to "battle" them.