Pay attention to your thoughts. Most of the time, they're not who you are.
Discussion
Almost always the ego trying to defend itself
Thoughts are not "you"... but you do often *Identify* with them, confusing the sense of "I". As mentioned, it's more accurate that you are the observer.
(For less suffering: LOOK AWAY!)
π― there is a beautiful podcast (Jay shetty) episode that talked about this :
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/on-purpose-with-jay-shetty/id1450994021?i=1000664342359