T: My mom seems happy when I visit her.
T: My mom seems lonely.
T: If I’m visiting my mom she is happy. If I’m not visiting her she is lonely.
T: Whether my mom is happy or not depends on how much I visit her.
F: Burdened by the thought that my mom’s happiness depends on me.
Can you help with ideas for other thoughts to get me out of these burdensome thoughts? I have such a long ingrained habit of thinking this that it’s hard to come up with other possible thoughts that are believable and that serve me better. Thank you!