Do
negative thoughts seem to creep into your mind and ruin your day or at least
part of it before you even know what’s happening? You may have spent most of
your life thinking that way. Parents or other influences in your life may have
been the role models for your negative thinking patterns.
Negative
thoughts are a cycle that needs to be broken and you can then begin to replace
those thoughts that you banish from your mind with positive ones. Until then,
you need to learn how to challenge each negative thought that tries to worm
itself into your thinking process and destroy your good mood.
Be
sure to ask some questions of yourself when negative thoughts do appear in your
thinking process. Ask yourself if the thought is reasonable or does it lack the
facts to support it. The situation may not be as bad as you perceive it to be
or you’re thinking, “What if…,” and it may never happen.
Many
people go through life never knowing that their negative thoughts are sabotaging
their lives. If you realize that and are currently doing what you can to
reverse those thoughts, you’re way ahead of the others.
Self-talk
is said by psychologists to be the best way to either sabotage our lives or go
on with our lives with confidence and positivity. Unfortunately, self-talk is
most often geared toward negativity, but if you are determined to reverse the
pattern and think positively about your life and the situations you’re going
through, you’re way ahead of the game.
Look
for the evidence in the thoughts you’re having. For example, if you’re
thinking, “the weather is bad and the plane might crash,” you know
intelligently that you have no evidence to support that thought. Most planes
take off and land with no incidence at all. So, you can think that your
thoughts aren’t factual, but made up of interpretations.
Also,
challenge your negative thinking by asking yourself what is the worst thing
that could happen in a situation and how likely is it to happen. If you were
thinking positive thoughts, would the situation remain as serious as it is in
your mind right now? Probably not.
Another
thing you can do to challenge your negative thinking is to direct your thinking
toward the goals you want to accomplish. For example, ask yourself if what
you’re thinking will help you achieve your goals – or not.
Can
you learn from the situation you’re in and know how to think about it next
time? After you conquer your negative thinking, you can begin to think
positively about any situation you’re in and ease your way through life.
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