Nearly every single day. It's such a frustrating aspect of how my brain works. Luckily, I know that it will pass and that exercise will almost always help.
Sort of, and it's embarrassing to admit, but it was a dream not a thought. I dreamt that my then-wife had done something really stupid just to piss me off. I woke up and realized it was just a dream and hasn't really happened, but I was still pissed off for a while longer.
The worst part was that I couldn't remember what she had done, but only that I was angry at her.
That's the main cause of it all, thinking, leads to depression, anger, doubt, bitterness, paranoia among every other problem we face. Thinking causes feeling, you dwell long enough you feel physically the result of thoughts, be they positive or negative. Why do you think so many people abuse substances? To try and either stop or control the thoughts that hurt, or to induce false ones of positivity, however temporarily effective that is.
Have you ever thought yourself into a good mood?
I’m working on it hahaha!
Yes.
Lots of times.
It is really easy when you get the hang of it.
....constantly.....and even in the moment i would reclaim a separate peace. I find the human thought process both powerful and beautiful. I think the senses sometimes or all the time need to be in a state of equilibrium at the same time we need certain freedoms to remain feeling properly centred.
Oh yes. Being an insomniac with depression and a mind that will never shut off is a dangerous combo. I've found that external distractions, ie. Reading, are my best friend
I try to be on the alert for such thoughts and immediately change course.
For example, instead of trying to think of ways that I was harmed by religion, I think of ways that I was helped by religion, or I think nothing at all.
Yes! It’s hard to turn the thoughts around, but important.
No, usually it takes the words or actions of an asshat or two to get my mood down...
I'm usually doing the opposite, trying to think my way out of a bad mood.