hows can you change a persons negative attitude and turn it into positive?

Answer 1

Set an example.

But mainly it's up to themselves if they want to change or not.

Answer 2

You can't. No matter how hard you try, it's never gonna happen. Nobody changes, nobody. And you can't do anything about it. You might as well let it be. You should give up, and know that every time you want something in life, it always ends up wrong. Nothing ever goes right, no matter how hard you try. Like I said, you can't change people, so you might as well give up and live in a hole filled with emptiness and solitariness.
If you can actually turn everything I just wrote postive, then maybe there's a hope for you in changing their aspect in life. Good luck, and always look at the positive side of things.

Answer 3

You can't change a person, they have to want to change themselves...No matter how hard you try you will fail. You can let them know how negative they are and how it is affecting you...Maybe if you decide not to deal with this person because of their attitude, that may shed some light on him/her...If you are a friend to this person and they treasure you as a friend...that MIGHT make them change towards you but not change in general with everyone else.

Answer 4

If you spend all of your time trying to change the person, maybe they think of you as harrassing... think of how you would feel if one of your friends was always trying to change you.

Maybe be actually listening to your friend, validating their feelings, and just letting them be, you might allow them the freedom to understand their emotions, live through it, and move on.

It's amazing how when we aren't allowed to actually feel our emotions that we need longer to bask in them and sometimes tend to get stuck in them before we move on...

The old idea that sometimes all you need to do for a friend is lend an ear and you'll find you've given them a helping hand, while the more advice you give or the more changing you try to do, the farther away you might push your friend and the less you'll be able to help him or her... When a person feels they are being supported by friends and loved ones, their attitude should change on its own... you know how you feel and what you are trying to do, but how do you think this person is perceiving it.. how do they feel? After all, this is about them, not you, right?

Answer 5

You can not change anyone they have to do that themselves. I have a cousin and she has had a negative attitude all her life. Even in good times they don't last long enough or it is never enough. Temporaily they will "act" lke they are trying to be positive....."act" is all it is. Unless they can see they are being self destructive and want to make a conscience effort to readjust their attitude it is not going to happen. My cousin is no spring chicken and it is like she is always trying to get happiness from where ever she's never got it, it comes from inside yourself.

Answer 6

Well, you can have a positive "affect" on there thinking, that's for sure.

You can help get them to do something nice for themselves everyday. Help get them out into fresh air, etc...

But how many Psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?

Only one, but the lightbulb has got to want to change.

It can be frustrating, I know. Jus' don't let that negative energy draw on you!

Her misery does not need you're company.

Answer 7

Only if the other person is willing to try, is that possible. One can change his own attitude, but others, must do their own work at changing their attitude, we cannot change it for them . .

Answer 8

You can't change anyone's but your own. You can try, but don't be surprised when everything you say rolls off of them like water off of a duck's back.

Answer 9

you Carnot do this this person is the only one who can you however can lend moral support and encouragement when this individual reaches out for it don,try to force it on them or you will only make bad matters worse

Answer 10

Continue the beatings until morale improves.