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Positive Thoughts Needed

Edger
Edger
Spent last two weeks hearing non-stop negative , anxious thoughts from mom. Issue that caused them resolved. I was only begining to try to learn to be positive when issue came up. Now I can't seem to get negativity out of my head.

Barbara
cm1990
cm1990
Try to make a physical list and write down everything that's positive in your life and look at it whenever the negativity becomes overwhelming. It can get very hard to control negative thoughts, but forcing yourself to focus on the positives can make a huge difference, even if it feels forced at first.

Hope this can help you.
Pollybizz
Pollybizz
check out and friend adventure guide. She has awesome ideas/suggestions/tips and one of them is on negativity. Stop when hearing negative thought and write positive one. If anyone would have said i was negative, i would have denied. Wow, was I negative and it was making most progress self defeating. check it out. worth the time.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
I agree, Adventure Guide has a wonderful way of describing how to work through this negativity, and it works.

You are on the right track, and what you learned is that you can get right back up, and keep going.

You are not alone.
gramybear
gramybear
Hi Edger
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little is attitude. and the big difference is whether it's positive or negative. Don't take other people's negativity personally. Most negative people behave negatively, not just to you, but to anyone they interact with. What they say and do is a projection of their own reality. The one thing no-one can take away from you is the way you choose to respond to what someone says or does. There are people who use negativity as a barrier to protect themselves. Believe it or not, there are people who also complain as a way of crying for help. Some people aren't even conscious of their actions or their attitude. I think understanding someone's negativity will help in the long run. And being aware of their negativity helps so you don't follow that type of attitude along with them. Hugs GB
koolman
koolman
Ah, mom. "Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come true. Mother's gonna put all of her fears into you." -Pink Floyd

My mother's the same way. Sometimes I react to it by angrily countering with a positive idea. Yes, sometimes aggressive positivity is required to deal with rampant negativity.
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