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Does the positive thought necessarily have to be related to or a positive response to the negative/obsessional thought? Or can it just be replacing a negative habitual thought with something generally positive and uplifting? My fear is that when I replace the negative thought with a positive thought...

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Hello All: I had the same obsessional thought for over a year and a half everyday when I would wake up and once or twice throughout the day. It wasn't a scary thought but it was a thought about a past relationship I had been through, it ended on a very bad note and although I am over that relationsh...