Compulsive thoughts are similarly described as old

Compulsive thoughts are similarly described as old “gramophone records” playing in one’s head that sound like the monologues of people “muttering to themselves” in the street, only not expressed outwardly. This negative thinking is said to drain energy, according to Nicoll and Tolle, and they encourage readers to observe it in order to stop identifying with it.

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