How do I prevent negative thinking?
Anonymous
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Apr 2, 2017
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It's hard to prevent it. Reframing the thoughts works, but it's a process. Better to acknowledge the negative thoughts and then figure out why they're not true. We all have positive and negative in us.
Ady23
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Apr 6, 2017
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This is a hard thing to do. Once we get into a habit of negative thinking our brains will default to that kind of thinking. You have to work hard against it by constantly being mindful of your thinking. When you notice a negative thought try to change it to a positive thought. With any luck, your brain will begin to default to positive ways of thinking with practice. Good luck :)
friendlylion
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Apr 26, 2017
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One of the best ways to prevent negative thinking is to recognize the thought patterns that lead up to the negative moments. Sometimes thinking about certain things or having specific thoughts will lead us down a path of negative thinking. If you can recognize these patterns, you can hopefully try and stop them before they start! Hope this helps
Anonymous
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Apr 27, 2017
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Wake up everyday and say something positive to yourself to make your day positive. Figure out 3 things which are positive in your life at the moment this will help you prevent thinking negative as much as u once did.
Anonymous
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May 10, 2017
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It can take a while to train yourself out of negative thinking, especially if it is all you have been doing for a very long time, however it is completely and utterly possible. Some ways to do this could be trying to correct yourself every time you think or say something negative, trying to think of it in another light. For example, this is a petty example but I can't think of a good one right now, if your ice cream fell on the floor and you couldn't save it instead of thinking oh no that's my ice cream and money down the drain, think of it as being healthier?
CupOfChai123
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May 10, 2017
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Trick yourself into seeing the good in a situation. With enough practice, positive thinking will (hopefully) become second nature. It's also good to examine why you're worried about an outcome. When you know why exactly, it's easier to fix.
ScreenOphelia
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Jun 14, 2017
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Unfortunately, we cannot prevent negative thinking - it is a part of your human brain working away at your survival instinct! However, repetitive and negative thoughts can often mess with our mood and therefore our day. When you are feeling particularly negative, it can help to stop and identify the thoughts as negative thoughts. Write them down on a piece of paper or speak to a trusted confidante about them if they are more serious in nature. Putting the thoughts somewhere else helps to separate us from them and view them objectively, allowing for the challenging of these negative thoughts and therefore the potential for more positive thought instead.
ElephantTiger1
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Jun 14, 2017
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It is normal to experience negative thoughts, this unfortunately is just a facet of life. Learn from these thoughts, let them empower you to make a change in yourself, your family, your community, whatever you feel needs changing. Let these thoughts strengthen you not tear you apart, grow from your thoughts and let them be the building blocks for your own success. The thing about life is it isn't easy, everyone is battling something, it is what you choice to do with your situation that matters. Please know that there is more out there for you then these thoughts, there are an endless amount of possibilities for your life and the key to living the way you want to is in your hands, you just have to be willing to take a jump into the unknown.
talktomeok
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Jun 22, 2017
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The best way to prevent negative thinking is asking for help to people who are positive. Many times we can find people who are positive who are willing to help us stay positive. Many times is about braking the cycle of negativity, go to a place with nature, a park, pet a pet, look at the trees, buy some flowers, or look at some pictures of nature in your smart phone or computer, those are some tips for aiming your thoughts towards a more positive attitude.
Here is another good way to get more positive is watching a comedy.
In general I find that a very good way to stay positive is try to focus in my life in the things I want to achieve and try to erase all the other negative things out of my life. For instance living in a crazy neurotic city, sometimes this thoughts can be easily spread, a good way to get away from this is by thinking in the person who love the most, a pet, a friend, a family member, etc. Many times it could be trying to have positive thoughts in our mind.
Mitel
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Jun 24, 2017
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Negative thoughts can occur for many different reasons—If you can't get troublesome feelings out of your mind, it may have something to do with your social circle. Avoid perpetually negative people when you can, or at least be aware of what habits might be rubbing off on you.
Anonymous
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Jul 20, 2017
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Stop allowing it to oberwheml you, and be mindful of how you think. Every time you think, ask yourself, "Is this positive? Is this helpful?" If it is negative or unhelpful, think again about the situation and remind yourself that negative thinking does not help.
Anonymous
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Jul 21, 2017
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Negative things happen to us all the time. But it's up to each and every one of us to find the silver lining. We all have things to be grateful for. Things that others may not have. Take a moment and think of these things, they could even be simple matters such as being able to have a meal with your family. Let us all be grateful for the things we have, and not the things we don't.
YouCanTellMePH
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Aug 10, 2017
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In my opinion, negative thinking is a normal domain in our emotional growth. It means that you are able to familiarize yourself with doubt and anxiousness. It means that you are probably knowing the boundaries of the risks you can take. If it helps, settle on the good things. Be thankful with every little thing you have today. Expressing gratefulness helps.
Anonymous
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Sep 7, 2017
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Go deeper into the negative thought - i.e. instead of just repeating it to yourself (staying on the surface), go deeper and find out what you specifically mean and where that thought comes from and how you would feel if someone else had gone through that kind of experience and had gotten that thought. You might find that you're able to reframe the situation and see it as a self-compliment instead. All those negative thoughts might automatically turn into compliments.
Anonymous
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Sep 8, 2017
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When your minds are full of negative thoughts, I would say it's probably a sign from your brain that you need to take some time off. It doesn't hurt to just relax and do nothing. When I say do nothing, I mean really let your mind be free from all these thoughts for a moment. Sometimes it just needs a break.
JohnTheWanderer
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Sep 21, 2017
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If by negative thought, you mean pessimism, its as simple as accepting that your judgement of how an event will play out is an assumption based on previous information, some of which may not apply. "Why ask him out if he's just going to say no?" You have no way of knowing that. That's the trap people fall in is finding the patterns of previous situations even when each situation was slightly different than all the others, no matter how similar they are.
Approach each situation as though it is brand new. Predicting patterns of behavior is useful for hunting, or for not touching a hot stove a second time, but it does you no good in social interactions or in situations you simply don't have enough prior knowledge to draw on.
competentBlueberry60
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Sep 29, 2017
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By first learning to detect it. Thoughts manifest themselves into emotions and emotions guide actions, remember that sequence. So it would be helpful if you could learn to detect negative thoughts, and then choose to either let them slide by or replace them with a positive thought depending upon how much those thoughts affect you.
Diviern
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Oct 10, 2017
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Negative thinking itself cannot be prevented, but it can be managed. One strategy is to recognise when a negative thought pattern is beginning, and to immediately say "Stop!" either out loud or in uour head. Then immediately redirect your thoughts to something else, whether it be a song you enjoy, a movie you've seen, or your plans for the weekend. At first the negative thoughts will be persistent but over time you will build the habit of redirection and be able to steer away from these thoughts earlier and earlier.
Anonymous
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Oct 12, 2017
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Always question why you are having a negative thought and list for and against the thought. Ask yourself how much is the negative thought true, is the thought important and is the thought helpful. Looking at a situation or thought like a cup half empty and half full may be helpful in moving negative thinking into more positive thinking. =)
Alishia
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Nov 3, 2017
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You don't.
Negative thinking is natural. If we didn't have negative thoughts, we wouldn't know what positive thoughts are, and visa-versa.
That being said, negative thoughts are certainly overwhelming. And when they become too much, I've found that recognizing the thoughts, acknowledging them as a possible truth, and a possible not-truth, has helped me work with them. The more you fight them, and yourself, the worse they get. The more you settle with them and understand they're there because life might be going in a bad direction right now, you might be stressed, people around you might be stressed, you might not be happy with where you are right now, e.t.c, the easier it will be to continue on with life. It's the first step to being okay with these negative moments.
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