Psychology Has It Backwards Episode 201: What Does It Mean To Be "The Thinker?"
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Sep 27, 2025 Explore the incredible power of your thoughts and how they shape your reality. Discover that you're not a victim of distressing thoughts; you can choose what to think and how to feel. Learn how mood can alter perception and memory, and recognize the difference between habitual thinking and your true self. Emphasize the importance of letting go of unhelpful thoughts for better mental health, and find out how forgiveness can resolve relationship pain. Remember, awareness and choice give you control over your mind!
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Principles Explain Universal Experience
- Principles describe universal processes that apply to everyone and explain how experience forms.
- Psychology often misses this, so treatments vary widely without addressing underlying principles.
Thoughts Are A Creative Power
- Thoughts are a creative power that bring images to life the moment you think them.
- Recognizing you are the thinker reveals you can change or stop any habitual thought that causes suffering.
Depression Surfaced Old Memories
- Christine describes her husband becoming clinically depressed after illness and suddenly remembering old hurts vividly.
- She used the principles to distinguish his low mood content from his true healthy self and waited for his mood to return.