If you pay attention to your anxious thoughts, you will notice that they tend to be loud, persistent, and aggressive. Imagine them as a running monologue incessantly repeating itself in the background ...

Whether we are aware of it or not, we talk to ourselves all day long. Our alarm rings in the morning and we think, “It’s time to get up” or “I’m still sleepy” or “Wow, that alarm is annoying." We talk ...