Identify your inner Barbara: How to disconnect from negative thoughts

Repeat after me: Thoughts are not facts

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Apparently the average person has between 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Of that 95% are repetitive — exactly the same thoughts as the day before, and a staggering 80% are said to be negative (based on research published by the National Science Foundation in 2005).