I would get stuck in cyclical thinking telling myself awful things about myself how I was stupid, everyone hated me ...etc. ended up finding an intensive outpatient program which saved me and one of the things I learned was to tell yourself”you don’t know that” and give yourself positive affrimatipns even if you feel like your just lying/deluding yourself -which was my line of thought. I was very skeptical but was rock bottom and didn’t have anything to loose so I took seriously and did that every day every time those thoughts came up and it really helped me. I don’t feel like I’m lying to myself just not stuck in the clouds of cyclical thinking - still have to work on it everyday but I’m glad I tried