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Four toxic thoughts you should let go of

Letting go of negative thoughts will allow you to move forward with your life (Photo by Eye for Ebony on Unsplash)

I always thought of myself as a confident person. I wasn’t the top student in my class, wasn’t the best at sports but I believed in myself and measured my success according to my capabilities and not what other people around me said or did. 

However, I got into contact with someone who trashed most of my confidence and self-belief and introduced doubt. Add to that life beat me so hard that most of my thoughts turned toxic. I found it hard to find anything positive to say about myself. I doubted myself at every turn, second-guessing my decisions and becoming a bit of a control freak.

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