Automatic Negative Thoughts -- Break the Anxiety Cycle 11/30
October 27th, 2023 at 6:38AM"Automatic thoughts" are not thoughts. They're emotions. And no, it's not mentally healthy to define or simplify the concept "emotion" or one's idea or understanding of emotions as "automatic thoughts" because "automatic" is the characteristic that distinguishes emotions from thoughts. The result of integrating the two is the disintegration of both.
The phenomenon of consciousness "automatic thoughts" is hastily attempting to conceptualize is merely the memory of introspection, the conclusions of past thoughts on identifying the natures and causes of recurring emotional states. The knowledge is automatic now, but it required cognitive effort to learn it. That's thinking, not feeling. Emotions just fucking happen.