15 quick tips: eliminate negative thoughts
The other day I was wandering the web looking for information on positive and negative thinking.
I found many articles that had little snippets of advice on how to eliminate negative thoughts.
Here is a summary of some of the tips I found on dealing with negative thinking.
1. One of the things that I found that surprised me was that there seem to be studies that imply that negative thoughts have a greater impact on our lives than positive ones. I suspect that the reason for this would be the emotions associated with these thoughts. I think negative thoughts are supercharged with emotions while positive thoughts lack strong feeling. This would mean that you need to have many more positive thoughts to counteract the negative ones. It would also mean that you need to have a lot more emotions associated with your positive thoughts.
2. Since we know that we are prone to negative thoughts, we always have some recurring positive thoughts to counteract.
3. Realize that negative thoughts are stubborn. They don’t want to give up their control over their life. When you realize that you are in a negative spiral, just stop and smile at yourself. Be aware of what is happening and just get those negative thoughts out of your mind.
4. Do things that make you happy. Do not leave room in your mind for the negative.
5. When you feel angry at someone, immediately change your point of view to positive.
6. If you have heard the expression “You are what you eat.” Well, you’re also like the people you date. If you date negative people, you will simply absorb their negative energy, so remove negative energy from these people. Work very hard to be with positive people and you will find yourself more and more positive.
7. Eliminate all negative words from your vocabulary.
8. You will find that helping others is a great way to help yourself. Helping the less fortunate will make it harder to keep negative thoughts on your mind.
9. When you are stressed, you are more likely to have negative thoughts. Be aware of this and immediately change any negative words.
10. Pay attention to the good things in your life. Focus on gratitude.
11. Seek advice outside of yourself. When you are attacked with negative thoughts, ask your friends and family for a little perspective.
12. Use negative thinking as a way to be aware of what is happening in your life. If you start to have negative thoughts, take a look at what situations you were in and what might have triggered them. If you can identify specific situations, you can avoid them or be prepared to defend yourself against negativity.
13. Reframe your thoughts. Instead of thinking that “this situation is impossible,” strive to change your thoughts to “this situation gives me a lot of challenges to grow.”
14. Realize that you are not perfect and that no one else is.
15. Know that you say things to yourself that you would never say to anyone else. Treat yourself at least as respectful and you’d be a stranger.