This YouTube video (by James Laughlin) argues that thought awareness—recognizing that 'I am not my thoughts'—is foundational. The speaker advocates becoming a deliberate creator of thoughts rather than being passively 'thought' and links habitual stressful thinking to immediate changes in blood chemistry and trauma-like bodily responses.
Thought awareness is the core fundamental for everything. Once you get that and you realize I am not my thoughts, you know, I want to be the deliberate creator of the thoughts that I have. How do I do that? Because if I'm being thought, then I am a victim of the emotional content of every thought. And so when you talk about your health, you know, if you're constantly being bombarded with thoughts that you interpret as stressful and you allow them to flow, as I said earlier, your blood chemistry changes just like that. And as far as the body's concerned, the trauma is happening.
