This is a YouTube video titled "Why You Might Be Ruminating on Negative Thoughts | Eckhart Tolle Explains" containing a monologue or talk by Eckhart Tolle discussing the nature of compulsive thinking, its roots in childhood trauma, and how such thoughts can become part of one's identity. The content is focused on psychological and spiritual insights related to negative thought patterns.
Some people have that kind of thinking, compulsive thinking, going on not for years and decades, sometimes going back to childhood, being badly treated in childhood or abused in childhood. So you have continuing to think about that. And the more you think about that, of course, the more you feel yourself being a victim of events, or usually people, other people who did something to you. And you dwell on it and you can't stop it because the mind has a momentum. These thoughts refuse to go away. And if there's not sufficient awareness because of the continuously recurring thoughts, they become part of your identity, your sense of self, and so they become, become a victim.
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