COGNITIVE REFRAMING - A Guide to MURDERING Limiting Beliefs

One of the absolute most POWERFUL skills to master.

Why? It literally changes your reality or at least your perception of reality.

How?

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What is cognitive reframing?

Simply put, it& #39;s a psychological technique which helps you identify, challenge and eventually change

the way you look at certain situations, experiences, ideas, and the world in general
Most people have 0 control over their thought patterns or emotional responses

Why? They& #39;re simply not aware that they& #39;re even happening!

And because they& #39;re not aware it& #39;s happening, they never question it

And rightly so, as most of these form in early childhood
Each time you have one of these negative beliefs, (and don& #39;t attempt to change it)

it becomes stronger and stronger

until this negative belief becomes a CORE BELIEF

Core beliefs are hard as fuck to kill but can be done with proper consistency and intention
Some examples of negative core beliefs:

"I& #39;m stupid"

"Money is hard to come by"

"The world is a bad place"

"I& #39;m just not an energetic person"

"I& #39;m not a happy person"

the list goes on and on
So what if I have these beliefs. They& #39;re just in my mind right? Doesn& #39;t change anything about my life.

WRONG.

These beliefs literally can determine your life

They actually impact most of your decisions behind the scenes
Following me so far? if you& #39;re lost let me give you a brief summary

You have 1 negative belief -> that negative belief x 1000 -> becomes a core belief -> directly impacts your behavior -> can prevent you from being successful/happy
A practical example:

Growing up poor > no money > leads you to believe money is scarce/hard to come by

Leads you to penny pinch and put money on a pedestal > makes you refrain from taking risks that can make you lose money

Thus you never end up making a lot of money
Another example:

Bad teacher in early education calls you out in front of your class > gets made fun of constantly > makes you feel stupid

You ruminate on that long enough and eventually end up believing you& #39;re stupid

Your self-confidence = shattered

You get the gist of it
So how do you get rid of these beliefs?

It& #39;s simple.

Note: I said simple, NOT easy

I hate platitudes and generic advice, so I& #39;m going to give a practical guide that& #39;s empirically supported to help you change these mf negative core beliefs
Step 1: Become AWARE of these beliefs

You can& #39;t change something if you don& #39;t even realize it requires changing

So how do I become aware of these beliefs?

For starters: meditation, journaling, thinking your thoughts out loud
Step 2: QUESTION your beliefs using Socratic Questioning

1) Why am I having this thought?
2) Is this thought realistic?
3) Am I basing my thoughts on facts or on feelings?
4) What is the evidence for this thought?
5) Could I be misinterpreting the evidence?
Step 3: WRITE IT DOWN

Things never work out when you just think about them.

Write down your answers so you can literally SEE what& #39;s going on in that clusterfuck you call your mind
Step 4: Write Down the "Fors" and "Against& #39; your Beliefs

Write down the evidence supporting your negative beliefs in 1 column

Write down the evidence disproving your negative beliefs in another column
Step 5: Write the Opposite of the Belief You& #39;re Challenging

Once you compare your evidence

You& #39;ll see that your belief is not usually not well thought out

Write down the opposite belief beside it

I am stupid > I am intelligence

Money is hard to get > money is easy to get
Step 6: AFFIRMATIONS

Affirm your new belief every day.

10-20 times in the morning, 10-20 times right before you fall asleep

For best results, literally do it as much as possible - write it down, say it out loud, override your thinking with it

Thank me later
Soon enough, you& #39;ll have eliminated those pesky limiting core beliefs, and you& #39;ll be able to live your life the way you really want

BONUS: you learn to become more aware of your thought patterns (as a result of meditating/writing shit down

this has its own set of benefits
If you& #39;re more interested in this kind of & #39;crushing self-beliefs& #39; type of content

I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you give @OneJKMolina a follow and check out his book "The Day You Become Stronger"

Great read, will likely change your life
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