How I Battle My Negative Thinking

Do you ever struggle with your negative thinking?

                                      

If you have a harsh inner critic or get caught in worry, stress, anxiety, depressionor wrestle  with low self-worth, then you know some of the symptoms first hand.   

Negative thinking patterns can have a strong and sometimes devastating impact on our relationships, our health, our work and our lives.

                       

How can you deal with negative thoughts?

One way to deal with negative thoughts is to replace them with thoughts that make you feel  better. Let's say you just learned that you have a health problem. You might tell yourself  "My life will never be the way it used to be" or "This is the beginning of the end for me." That will probably make you feel pretty bad-and it will make your body weaker, just when you need it to be strong.

          What else can you do to feel more positive?

Sometimes negative thoughts are connected  to the way you live from day to day. Here are some things you can try right now to help you see the brighter side.      

• Focus on what you are feeling right now :- if you’re sad, feel the sadness. But don’t tell yourself that you have always felt this way and are doomed to feel sad forever. sadness passes. A negative thought can linger until you let it go.

                                    

• Share your feelings with someone close to you:- Everyone has negative thoughts from time to time. Talking about it with someone else helps you keep those thoughts in perspective. Sharing your emotions helps release any anxiety you may be having. It can also help improve communication between people.

 

                            

Eat well. Sleep well. Be active:-  The nicer you are to your body, the easier it is to feel more positive about yourself.Researchers found that people who reported frequent sleep disturbances tended to fixate on negative emotions more.The less sleep the people had, the longer it took them to get over a negative emotion. While some people naturally tend to fixate on things more than others, poor sleep made fixation worse