/sci/ - Science & Math

I believe that our thoughts are predictable and consequent of our behaviors and immediate events. I would like to develop a scientific understanding and derivation of all possible sources of our thoughts, and what things we can do to willfully modify them. An easy example would be where you want to do something, and then suddenly you find yourself repeatedly thinking about it.

In my personal experience, I have suffered from the following conditions and at one point I was able to begin removing these problems by changing my behavior patterns. I believe they occur for some particular reason or another and that we can use the scientific method to understand the underlying principles that cause them. It seems that whatever it is that causes these thought patterns is some echo of our own recent behavior.
> Thinking in words (rather than conceptually)
> Absence of planning and forethought
> Blocked thoughts (e.g. midway through a thought, the thought is stopped)
> Absence of emotion, feeling, and empathy
> Self-antagonizing and harmful thoughts (including criticism of self and suicidal thoughts)
> Social anxiety (thoughts of worry about what others will do or say, repeatedly thinking about what words to use to express myself to others)
[among other unwanted thought and behavior patterns]
I wonder if anyone else has managed to successfully change their thought patterns and via what means.