How do I prevent negative thinking?

Shift your mindset when a negative thought comes. For example, when you experince a negative thought, change that thought to a positive one. Eliminate negative people from your circle. Practice saying positive affirmations to yourself. Surround yourself with positive people. Reach out to a counselor or listener for support.

The best thing you can really do is surround yourself with people and things that make you happy. Maybe even doing something you enjoy to do, stay away from technology for a while so that you're not comparing yourself to other people. Environment is very important when it comes to when your mind choosing between negative and positive thinking.

You can not prevent Negative thoughts from entering your mind unless your change your vision. The way you see life decides your thoughts. Change in the way of thinking lasts much longer than forcing your mind to see and think only positive. In fact no negative thoughts leads to dumbness and you need to have a balanced vision.

I find that in order to prevent negative thinking, it's important to recognize when these kind of thoughts are beginning - and having the will to basically say "Stop" to yourself.

Try practicing activities/habits that can help you reduce the negative thinking and promotes positive thinking instead; such as: Yoga, seeing the bright side of things and/or focus on the present.

When you open your mind to new things. Think about the opposite of what you feeling right now. Opposite of the negative thoughts. Think about all the things you could achieve.

When you feel a negative thought coming on, it's best to recognize that thought and be aware of it. Sometimes it helps to write it down and challenge that thought; is it really true? Is there evidence to support it or go against it? In addition, I've also found that reading positive quotes, keeping a gratitude journal, writing, and distracting yourself can be great ways of dealing or even distracting yourself from negative thoughts. Sometimes it can be overwhelming, but remember your worth and that you can ALWAYS get through this.

Negative thinking happens to everyone. Every time a negative thought pops up, replace it with something positive. For example, think of the ocean, a flower, a happy time, a butterfly, etc. Keep doing this over and over again to eradicate the negative feelings. For some, using a rubberband on the wrist trick works, every time you have a negative feeling snap the rubberband against the skin and immediately replace it with a positive thought. This helps train the brain to banish negative thoughts. Also, practicing mindfulness, living in the moment and breathing through negative thoughts and focusing on positive energy may help.

Be mindful and understand if it’s going to help you or not. Write a diary , positive journal...diary will help to put your thoughts and feelings on paper you will feel relieved. And positive journal will be helpful to see best in you, your surroundings and your life. You have to write 3 things in the positive journal daily.

Some exercises can help develop new habits of thinking in a more positive way. Like have a journal to write down daily positives things that happened to you or of which you're proud of. It can be challenging at first, but slowly your brain will take on that new habit and eventually stop focalizing only on negative thinking. Negative thinking about oneself can also be prevented by indulging in meditation and mindfullness, thinking of the situation as it were happening not to you but to a friend (we're more indulgent with friends than with ourselves).. :)