How do I prevent negative thinking?

Try hanging out with people, try not to be alone with yourself. Try talking to anyone, even an adult, or maybe right down to your pet if there isn't anyone, then get a helpful therapist. Negative thoughts never escape, especially when your moody feelings penetrates the mind into thinking your a failure, your not good enough, you need to end it all, the pain and suffering is terrible...You know there is a reason for your life, not to be worrying about some stupid thoughts. There are things to look up to like schools, colleges, jobs, love, money, and mostly yourself...Once you get out of the "lifesucksphase" and your mind is fully developed, you will figure out your story to your life is just the beginning.

I prevent negative thinking by taking a deep breath and doing some high intensity activity for 2 minutes. If it's really bad I like to take a shower. Also, I like to place myself in other people's perspective. Why would this person do? I ask myself. Breathing deeply helps me calm down and refocus. Working out helps me clear my mind and exert some energy that otherwise would not be use the smartest way. When negatives thoughts come your way, you must re center yourself and replace it with a positive thought. Thoughts come and go, it is up to us to allow them make us or ruin us.

Blow out the bumble bees and breathe in the butterflies. Do something positive or something that makes you feel good. Keep busy. Create a hobby for yourself that will give you a positive feeling . Set a goal and something that is easily achievable. When negative thinking starts, get up and do something you like . Keep your mind busy with errands, chores, activities. Call a friend that supports you. Reach out to us here at 7 cups. Know that someone is always here for you. Keep telling yourself you can achieve all.

Negative thinking can be difficult to prevent depending on the reason you think negatively. Even people who think positively have negative thoughts. I feel that it is more about pushing those negative thoughts away that eventually help you to make positive thinking a habit. Like the saying goes, the first thought that comes to your mind is what society has conditioned you to think, the second thought is what you truly think. You just have to tell yourself, "No, that's not right," and then try to find the positive side of it. I always try to find the positive side of even the most negative situations. You may have to really think about it at first, but it becomes very easy to see the good in things after a while.

An important thing for me to stop thinking so negatively is to first acknowledge that your thoughts are negative. Whether it's about you or someone else, having negative thoughts fosters a negative mindset, which is bad for your health (both physical and mental!). So when you stop yourself, and say, hey, that wasn't a really nice thing to think about myself/someone else, it's a good first step to preventing your future negative thoughts. From there, I would recommend trying to take a step back from those thoughts, and try to identify evidence in the contrary. For example: "I'm a bad friend." Negative thought! So what do I do that makes me a good friend? Well I'm pretty good at listening to my friends and helping them through tough times, even if I have been isolating myself a lot recently.

First, i accept the fact that I am a human being with emotions, emotions means there's time when i feel up and time when i feel down. Second, negative thinking is temporary, it comes in when i am down and disappear when i am up. Accept the fact that negative thinking is temporary, don't worry about it. I cannot prevent it, it happens and it is just temporary, but i try to make it disappear as soon as possible, build the habit of coming out from negative thought in time, then it will happen less often. When negative thought come less and less often, i think i'm doing the good job of preventing it.

Oof I can relate to that a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you should write your thought down to get them out of your mind and to see what you have been thinking on paper. I think you should ask yourself why are you thinking this way. Is it something you learnt from childhood? Did you parents do the same thing to you? I think also speaking to a counselor or someone like that is helpful too! ( I know for me, it was because of my childhood experiences. I took all that to be current self and that's caused me to be the way I am now. But I know negative thinking isn't healthy at all if you are doing it all the time for no reason)

Have you heard the saying that a whole ocean of salt water cannot sink a ship, unless it gets inside, well it's the same for you, the negativity of the world shouldn't bring you down, unless you allow it to get within you. I know it's hard to stop, but for this you must build your walls high and structure strong. The key is happiness. People misunderstand the meaning of this word but in reality it's quite simple. Happiness is not about others, jobs, education, relationships, family. No. Happiness is about you. About how you embrace it and how much you appreciate yourself. Happiness is about you. It always has been.

The real question one should be asking is how to handle negative thinking, since one cannot simply prevent or control a thought. Stay at peace with the negative thought when it comes, and watch it flow idly by like a cloud drift across the blue sky. Encourage yourself to stay in touch with what energizes you, I believe, is very important, and it will have an enduring effect on your every thinking patterns. Keeping a log of negative thoughts, along with counterarguments is also helpful. It's good practice to put a positive spin on an unpleasant event that triggers negative thought, and write them down on your thought journal. And of course, cultivating gratitude consistently and regularly will be very beneficial for your moods.

This can be extremely tricky. I guess, it’s very different and subjective experience for everybody. However, what I do think is the essential thing for this process of trying to avoid negative thinking and overthinking is trying to recognize that you are about to go into such head space. This way, you will be able to recognize it as something irrational and be able to see that it won’t be beneficial or healthy for you, letting yourself acknowledge its potential negative effects, finding reasons to not want to be in such head space. Avoiding it is the key component.