How to stop negative thinking and develop positive thinking?

Answer 1

There's no easy answer. It's going to take some effort. Here are things you can do.

Remove negative things from your life. Books that don't have happy endings, whiny or negative friends, gloomy pictures.

Do whatever else you can to make your environment cheerful. Bright colors, things that make you happy.

One of the first steps is to become aware when you're being negative. That may be harder than it sounds. When you're having negative thoughts, stop yourself.

Stop yourself from actually saying negative things. If you don't have something good to say, don't say anything!

Answer 2

It's very hard to do in the beginning because you're in the habit of being negative and habits are hard to break.

Make a oath each morning when you are first awake to catch yourself being negative and to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Decide what you will thing about and force yourself to go back to that thought whenever negativity appears.

Think about nature or an island vacation or a pet, a book or a comedy movie etc. Do something fun over on weekends. Make an effort to make new friends or talk to strangers in a friendly way.

After a while you will begin to break the negative habit. It will always pop up but then you'll use your tried and true technique to beat it back.

Answer 3

Simple. Stop dwelling on what's negative in your life and focus on the positive.

Here's a positive reinforcer for you: wear a rubber band around your wrist at all times. Whenever you catch yourself making a negative statement or having a negative thought, pull that rubber band back and snap it! Yes, you may develop some welts, but they'll get fewer and fewer as your negative comments and thoughts get fewer and fewer.

Also, start surrounding yourself with positive, uplifting people who will inspire you to be the best you can be. And stay away from negative, miserable people who will only drag you down. Remember the saying: misery loves company.

And start reading books and magazine articles that are uplifting and empowering. Apply this to your TV and video watching, too.

And avoid watching too much television news or reading newspapers. Most of that stuff is mired in depressing, miserable, sensationalistic junk. You don't need it!

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Answer 4

Start by retraining your mind to think positive. Start out a little at a time and if you blow it then start over again. Be creative! Have some fun with it. (Don't expect to much of yourself right away because you are use to thinking in the negative.)

When you get up in the morning and you are thinking negative, correct it by looking for something positive to think of.

Your off to work of whatever you are going to do that day and you see your co-workers, say something positive to them like "What a nice shirt you have on that color looks good on you" or "I like the way you are wearing your hair these days". Something like that.
If your not going to work and are out and about you can help someone by doing a good deed whatever that might be. Maybe you are walking along and a senior citizen needs help getting on or off a bus? A mother needs help carrying her groceries to the car? Whatever! Just look for opportunities, they are all around you.
You will be surprised how it makes you feel to help someone in need. It really lifts your mood and your spirit!

Another thing is to hang around positive happy people and their attitude will eventually rub off on you!

"Accent the positive, descent the negative and don't mess with Mr. In-between"( There's a song that goes like that!).

Answer 5

It's difficult to do ecs. if you are depressed or just a pessimistic person. It takes a lot of positive self talk and constant awareness of the dialogue in your head. You have to learn to stop putting yourself down and force yourself to see positives even when bad things are happening to you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a technique therapists and psychologists use to help people retrain their thoughts and behaviors. You have to be dedicated, observant and aware at all times. To give an example lets say you always tell yourself that you are "stupid". Every time that thought crosses your mind or you start to belittle yourself you have to STOP (the diaglogue in your mind) and REPHRASE (the negative into a positive, like I'm not stupid I made a mistake).

Answer 6

Practice. Choose first ANY positive thought you can genuinely affirm and repeat it often and abundantly during the next forty days. Then move on to another one.

Answer 7

Hang out with a positive friend or laugh more.

Answer 8

be with good persons and u will be soon become more positive and good person

Answer 9

i wish i knew cause i need to be more positive.