🌿 How Negative Thoughts Fuel Anxiety 🌿
💡 What we think has the power to increase or reduce our anxiety. Anxiety doesn’t appear out of nowhere. Often, behind that constant feeling of nervousness are negative thoughts repeating again and again in our minds. These thoughts act like a magnifying glass, enlarging problems, risks, and fears, causing anxiety to grow and feed on itself progressively. 🔹 The vicious cycle of negative thoughts When the mind fills with negative ideas, a difficult-to-break cycle begins: ✨ We focus on possible problems. ✨ These thoughts generate anxiety. ✨ Anxiety increases worry. ✨ Worry triggers more negative thoughts. This creates a loop that reinforces anxiety day after day, keeping us in a constant state of tension. 🔹 Common patterns of anxious thoughts Thoughts that fuel anxiety often follow certain patterns: ✨ Catastrophizing: always imagining the worst-case scenario. ✨ Overgeneralizing: turning isolated mistakes into general rules ("this always happens to me"). ✨ A...