Dr. John A. King explains that noticing a negative thought is not failure, it's your chance to stop it. The moment you become aware of it, you can intervene and choose a different response instead.
The moment you're aware of a negative thought is the starting point for you to change it. So we think as men, I've got to beat this thing, I've got to do this thing. How do I do this? Oh shit, here's a negative thought. I see this negative thought. Oh shit, I'm still seeing this negative thought. I'm being negative, negative. He actually said the moment you see it and recognize it, that's actually when you're stopping it.
