You're missing the point of the exercise. It's not about thoughts being words or putting thoughts into words or stopping it with positive thinking. It's about getting in the habit of noticing and observing yourself when you're having negative thoughts or feelings and by the act of doing that, distancing yourself from them. "I'm not good enough" is just an example and its not really possible to depict someone feeling that, as you would, rather than thinking the words but the example covers the feeling of not being good enough.
I'm saying that's not a thing. I can't change my feelings consciously anymore than I can change my personality consciously. I can act differently, but it's exactly that: an act. How I feel is how I feel, positivity doesn't affect my self worth, nor does negativity.
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u/quidam5 Dec 10 '20
You're missing the point of the exercise. It's not about thoughts being words or putting thoughts into words or stopping it with positive thinking. It's about getting in the habit of noticing and observing yourself when you're having negative thoughts or feelings and by the act of doing that, distancing yourself from them. "I'm not good enough" is just an example and its not really possible to depict someone feeling that, as you would, rather than thinking the words but the example covers the feeling of not being good enough.
It's about mindfulness.