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| Everyone takes advantage of me |
Everyone takes advantage of me.
It is easy for you to see how this thought does not serve you. Now all you have to do is decide what you want instead.
I don't want people to take advantage of me.
Okay it feels better, but it has a problem. You are still expressing what it is you don't want. To be fair, this topic is not an easy one. If you were feeling broke, it would be easy to see that what you want instead is cash. But what is the wanted side of the topic of feeling taken advantage of? There is no clear opposite.
So look at how you feel when someone takes advantage of you.
It makes me feel like I am not important.
(I know I am putting words in your mouth, but go with it.)
This statement does have an opposite, something that you clearly want instead:
It is easy for you to see how this thought does not serve you. Now all you have to do is decide what you want instead.
I don't want people to take advantage of me.
Okay it feels better, but it has a problem. You are still expressing what it is you don't want. To be fair, this topic is not an easy one. If you were feeling broke, it would be easy to see that what you want instead is cash. But what is the wanted side of the topic of feeling taken advantage of? There is no clear opposite.
So look at how you feel when someone takes advantage of you.
It makes me feel like I am not important.
(I know I am putting words in your mouth, but go with it.)
This statement does have an opposite, something that you clearly want instead:
