The thoughts which are causing your stress work like an algorithm. The more you focus on them, the more they turn up. And that focus can even be your attempts to change your thoughts. Then you feel that thinking in your body. The more attention, the more horrible the feeling. Just like an algorithm, when you starting letting them pass, they just don't show up so much. Simple but true!

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