You’re useless.

You’re pathetic. You have nothing going for your self.

You’re ugly. No one likes you.

You’re just a lazy-ass who sits on his ass all day.

You piece of shit.

You will die alone.

Everyone is having a great life: having productive jobs, loving relationships, having fun with friends..while you just sit in your room all alone wasting space on this earth! You have no point on being here.

Any of these negative thoughts familiar?

This destructive sayings comes from your mind. You think that since it comes from your mind, you think the thoughts are from you.

I’m describing “you” as a form of your own identity of your self.

But I want you to think another possible way of how your mind process thoughts. What if I told you that there are two thinking patterns in your mind working simultaneously.

The two thinking patterns:

1. Your normal mind (logic, memories, imagination, etc.) Assuming all positive.

2.The demon (negative thoughts: self doubt, hesitation, destructive imagination, etc.)

The demon is the voice in your own head that will find any way to make you feel unhappy and unmotivated. It will whisper statements in your mind that will cause you to feel a slight pressure in your chest and makes you shake your head for disapproval. But some how the demon will manipulate you into thinking that his statements are true through impressive, logical evidence ( may or may not be true).

* The situation that will be mentioned below is base on a situation when I see an attractive girl on my college campus.

Dialogue in your head:

You: Wow. That girl is really pretty.

Demon: Yeah she is pretty hot. But dude..she probably already has a boyfriend.

You: Well, I’m not really sure if she is taken. She might be single.

Demon: What makes you think she is gonna like you? You are not good looking, you’re not tall, and you look freakin’ skinny! Dude she is out of your league! No girl will like an awkward nerd like yourself! Don’t even try talking to her, you will just embarrass yourself.

You: Damn, I guess it’s not worth trying.

end.

Wow. Perfect execution of the demon huh? He will just to bring you down and just stop you from doing what you really desire! He is very clever and will find tiny cracks in your personality to attack you with your insecurities. He will use those insecurities as evidence that you are not worth it, that you are not good enough! The bad thing about this is that..we actually listen to him. As horrible as this sounds..we actually believe the demon.

But why?

Why do we have to believe him? How does the demon know what he is saying is right?

The demon in your head is stupid! He will say anything out of his ass just to fit his role. The role which is to plant negative seeds in your mind to cause destruction within you.

You know what?…Fuck that!

We don’t have to listen to the demon’s nonsense. Screw the demon over by ignoring him. Don’t give him the power to control you. The demon is just a voice. That’s it.

You have the choice to listen to its bullshit or ignore him and do what you desire base on your gut feelings.

I know, it is easier said than done. I don’t blame you. We may have been following this vicious habit since we were little kids. For all this years, we let our negative inner voices (the demon) control our decisions to take certain actions. The decisions may have caused us to lose opportunities that may have benefited us or prevent us from doing the right things.

But you can start small. One step at a time. When you’re mind is cluttered with a lot of the demon’s nonsense, just start off with choosing one thought. Afterwards, take the thought from the demon and prove his ass wrong!

Example:

Me: Oh man, I think this blog post I’m creating about not listening to your inner demon will benefit others. They will break free from the shackles of doubt and negativity and strive towards the things that they really want to do.

Demon: You know how ridiculous you sound right now? You are a mediocre writer! I doubt no one would wanna waste their time reading your crap. Plus, your not a famous blogger and no one knows you. Therefore, no one will read this except you! You wasted all this time creating this post for nothing.

Me: Hey fuck you! I managed to pass all my English classes from kindergarten all the way to my first year of college. So I know that I’m capable of writing something that others can understand clearly and get value out of it. It’s my first time blogging and this is my first post. I am not looking for 1,000,000 views on my post. I’m just eager to affect at least one person’s life towards the better. If it makes one person break free from their inner demons and face his/her life”s obstacles with no fear and hesitation..then all this time and work is worth it. So, shut up Demon, you don’t know shit!

end.

I backfired the negative thought with actual evidence that I truly know. I know that I’m capable of writing a decent post that is clear and easy to understand.

So start small. After you get comfortable replacing one negative thought into something that can make you feel good. Then start attacking other thoughts that the demon is spitting at you. Next thing you know, you will be able to ignore and replace negative bullshit into motivating thoughts all at once.

Ignore the whispers from the demon. Because it does not know what you are really capable of. All it’s doing is creating any bullshit to keep you down on your knees. But you now have to power to ignore it and truly listen to what matters within you.

Don’t let the demon stop you from reaching your true and highest potential. So, get your chin up and puff out your chest…and go after what you want in life.

Because no one can stop you.

Good luck.