Omg this book “don’t believe everything you think” by Joseph Nguyen took me I would say 6-8 weeks to finish and it was small book in my opinion. It took me long because I kept getting distracted at home and someone needing me either it being my kids or my husband or brother and mom. So I would technically read it when I would be at school. And I finally finished on Monday the 30th of March.
This book in my opinion was a good read at least to me. I got this book because it spoke to me, you ever felt that before ? I was walking around Barnes and Noble with my husband and I came to this book it was in one those tables for show and I was like yes that’s the one. It spoke to me since I myself an over thinker I was like why not give it a try. So I did and I was invested from the beginning to end. It made me realize and taught me things that I didn’t know or thought of. It changed the way I think with certain things. Towards the ending was my favorite because the author involves himself and his life with similar aspects one has in life.
The author gave examples and methods to help you change the way you think and to help you to stop overthinking when you don’t need to. He describes the difference between thinking vs. thought. That I was surprised about because I didn’t think there was a difference. But there is.
If you’re a person that overthinks when there’s no need and wants to know how to change that this books is it. It’ll help you understand that there is technically no need to overthink. What I also like about it is that he responds in a way someone understand for instance you try his method but you go back to square one he says that it’s totally fine it’s okay it’s something to adapt to since you’ve been use to the way you think or that’s how you were raised it is okay to go back and restart. That’s he’s been in that place before.
I also got this book because I am a psychology major and I wanted to see if this was relevant to that but it wasn’t much but I don’t regret it helped me personally because I don’t want to overthink. I don’t to continue suffering because of my thinking. AND THAT what I just said is what technically what the book resonates “thinking is the root cause of your suffering”. Thinking causes stress makes you overthink you feel heavy and unhappy even with things you might have accomplished it’s because of the thinking. Although with thought, thought is positive it’s goals you achieve happily with no pressure it’s your happy place. In the book he describes much better.
End of conclusion I give this book a 5/5 because it helped me come to understanding things with thinking. vs thought , the negative and positive emotions, and understanding intuitions job it’s a great book in my eyes I’m happy I got it. And if I ever need a reminds I can always go back to it and refresh my mind with this knowledge I learned.
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