Top 20 Lesson 8 Thought Circles

What is a thought Circle?

• A negative mental habit where one thought leads to another and has a snowball effect.

• Having thoughts and dancing in a circle.

• Positive mental habits where one thought leads to another and has a snowball effect.

Thought Circles cause

• positivity, self-esteem, and emotional control

• Happiness and comfort

• worry, anger, self-doubt, and judgment

Thought Circles

• Give away our power and we don't have a good experience

• Help us gain our power to have a good experience

We tend to have thought circles when we are

• Above the Line

• Below the line

Worry thought circles tend to have you

• Believe others, stay positive, and be self-confident

• jump to conclusions, imagine the worst thing possible, and be judgmental

• Relax, be positive, and judgment free.

How can you stop a thought circle?

• Don't look at the facts, and judge yourself and others.

• Be aware they are starting and stick with the facts. If you are not in control let it go.

• Think about it more and stress out.

What does let the problem be the problem mean?

• Don't let the original problem be worse then it actually is.

• Realize the problem is going to get worse and worse.

• Ignore the problem. No one has time for that.

What is the Parking Lot?

• It is at your school where the teacher's park

• A metaphor for putting your problem on hold until you have the time to deal with it after school.

• A metaphor Where you put your problems to never think about them again.

Who imagines problems that don't exist?

• Top 20's

• Bottom 80's

• Middle 50's

What does it mean to be Below the Line?

• You are having a great day and you are thinking clearly rationally

• You are having a bad day and your thinking is irrational (Not so clear)