Gerard van Warmerdam on Lies.

“Have you ever run the same conversation in your head over and over again? You might find that after looking at it for a while you will notice a certain circular pattern. Of course that’s part of the problem, we don’t look at it. That loop of thinking is taking us in a circle, and really being aware and skeptical of the thoughts in our head is not part of the circular logic.  So that circular logic remains in charge of our thoughts and we get dizzy.  Dizzy with lies that is…”

This circular logic thinking applies to any area where our self talk blocks us. Read on, and begin thinking about how to challenge those lies.

http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/happiness/2012/02/08/lies-damn-lies/

Rewriting the narrative on negative self-talk

Just as we draw the map that leads us into the desert of self-doubt and negative self-perception we are also quite capable of re-drawing it, leading us to an oasis of loving-kindness and compassion toward ourselves. We do this by shifting our point of reference for what is our “normal”, and rewriting the narrative of negative self-talk we so often allow to inform our daily lives.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201109/preconceptions/5-reasons-i-hate-me