You don't have to agree with that list exactly, but the point is this: if you think in terms of stories, you're telling yourself the same things over and over again.
Nav obligāti jāpiekrīt tieši šim dalījumam, taču galvenā doma ir šāda – ja domājam stāstos, tad atkal un atkal stāstām sev vienu un to pašu.