These are the thoughts of a high school student named James. You wouldn’t know it from his thoughts, but James is actually pretty popular and gets decent grades. Unfortunately, in the face of adversity, James makes a common error; he falls into what I like to call “thought holes…

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-stop-automatic-negative-thoughts_b_58330f18e4b0eaa5f14d4833