Negative thoughts can easily overcome our lives, making things feel dark and uncomfortable, even giving us a feeling of hopelessness and leading to depression and anxiety. In many cases, these negative thoughts that, if left alone could make us feel terrible, can be overcome. Although it can be hard to prevent negative thoughts once they start, it is possible, and the best method to do so is to shift our thinking to a more positive mode. Here are some tips on how to do it.
Meditate
Meditation is a wonderful way to stop thinking negative thoughts and to focus on the more positive aspects of our lives. When you meditate, the idea is to clear your mind entirely, which means that you won’t be thinking of the negative anymore. There are many different techniques to meditation, each one right for someone, so it may take a little trial and error to find the method that is right for you, but don’tlet that put you off; once you have found your favorite way to meditate, stick with it and you’ll quickly see the difference.
Most meditation starts with sitting comfortably and completely still and focusing solely on your breathing. It can completely relax both body and mind, and when you have finished, you will be in a much calmer, much more positive place.
If you prefer to do something more active, then yoga might work well for you. This ancient practice is similar to meditation in that it relaxes you completely, but it is also an exercise method, involving moving and stretching, so it can work well for your fitness levels too.
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Smile
There are many reasons why someone might feelbad and be thinking negative thoughts. It could be due to emotional trauma, about which you can read more here. It might be because they are grieving, or because they are feeling overwhelmed, or any number of other things. Sometimes it will be necessary to visit a medicalprofessional such as a doctor or psychologist for help, but other times help is possible in the form of positive thoughts pushing out the negative ones.
Smiling is a way to do this. Even if the last thing you feel like doing is smiling, smile anyway. This fake smile can actually trick your mind into thinking more positive thoughts, and eventually, with enough time and practice, that fake smile can become a real one, and those positive thoughts can become a lot more easy to find. The brainis a wonderful tool when we use it correctly, and this is one of the ways it can be done. Smiling changes the moodrelievesstressand relaxes the face because it takes fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown. All of this will make you feel much better.
Be Around Positive People
You might just want to be by yourself when you’re feeling negative and low, but that could be a bad idea; with no one to talk to and bounce ideas off, your negative thoughts can linger. Surrounding yourself with positive people will help you immensely. Just being around them can help to lift your mood, and talking to them can help your thoughts switch from negative to positive. These people will help to put things into perspective for you, and your negative thoughts won’t have any space to grow. You might even be able to come up with a plan for your future by discussing the options open to you, and that will make you feel more positive too; it is always good to have something to look forward to in life.
Change Perspective
When something happens to you, how do you frame your thoughts about it? It could be that they are framed in a negative way, focusing on the bad things that could happen in this new situation, rather than the good. It will be a challenge to change, but it is important to try if you want to have more positive thoughts than negative ones.There will always be challenges in life, so looking at them with a positive slant – looking for the ‘silver lining’ in every situation – will help you get through them, and might even mean that you are more successful than you otherwise would have been. Working with a life coach can help to change your perspective.
Take Responsibility
Some people always assume that whatever supposedly negative things are happening to them it must be someone else’s fault. That is not a good way to live your life, as you will never take responsibility for anything that happens to you, and it is the ability to take responsibility that is so important when it comes to having positive thoughts. Mistakes happen, problems arise, and life is not as smooth sailing as we might like, but that is all part of what makes it interesting.
When these issues happen, taking responsibility for them means you are better equipped to change things around – if you blame someone else and wait for them to fix things, you might be feeling negative for a long while. Doing it yourself, taking charge and being in control, means positive feelings can come to you much more quickly.
Help Someone Else
There is always going to be someone around you who needs help, so look out for them. If you are feeling negative, helping someone elsewill also help you, and ensure that your thoughts turn from your own problems to thinking of ways to make someone else’s life better. In the process, you will be automatically thinking more positively, and enabling those positive thoughts to take root in your mind. Through helping someone else, you can find ways to change the negative situations in your own life too.
There Is No Such Thing As Perfection
Negative thoughts can come so very easily through trying to reach perfection, which is why it is important to realize that there is no such thing as perfection, even if it looks as though there is. Striving for the impossible is sure to give you negative thoughts because you will feel as though you keep missing. Instead of this, strive to be the best you can be – you may not be perfect, but neither is anyone else.