What's you're theory? How can it be changed?
2007-03-19 00:35:36 · 14 answers · asked by Queen 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
James B. that's not true cause I've had moments when I thought negatively about my life and where it was going, having nothing to do w/someone else. I would put myself down and feel sorry for myself. Anyways, I'm on a different plane today but know that some people can actually discourage themselves on their own.
2007-03-19 01:04:17 · update #1
it should be past experiences i guess....or the lack of guts to move forward in life optimistically...its a personal approach i believe...but can be changed if there is the will to
2007-03-19 00:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by shanthicharuvil 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're the one who decides whether to let something or someone get you depressed. It's all how you decide to look at it. In my case I think that I've been thinking negative thoughts so long, it is something I'm comortable with. If I had no problems then I'd be worried as to when something really, horribly bad was gonna happen.
Make up your mind to think positively. You're not gonna be happy all the time, nobody is, but facing your problems with a positive attitude is a lot better than going through life thinking doom and gloom.
2007-03-26 21:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by jorst 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being everyone is unique ~ we each have a different perception of life. What may give positive feelings to someone, may bring negative emotions to someone else. So how one thinks depends upon ones view and their reaction to a particular stimulus. The world would indeed be a better place if everyone looked for the good in things, instead of focusing on the bad.
The mind works in mysterious ways. It would be very difficult (if not impossible) to change and control the way other people think.
2007-03-19 08:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by Crystal Rose 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Queen let me start off by saying you are very beautiful. In response to your question, negativity comes from harboring hate. Hate spawns negativity. Abuse, Greed, Jealousy, Envy embedding in us as youths uncorrected in childhood breeds a mean person. To change one must take an accurate look at his or herself and be willing to change. Pride will you keep man from change because he thinks he's perfect. Really we are perfect but what we pick up in life make us imperfect. Knowledge, wisdom and understanding will have you to Overstand and be the blessing we were created to be to one another. We were created in love how can we not love. It took love to create us individually. There nobody like a Queen, nobody like me. I hope you get the point. Be a blessing Queen. Let no one take it away from you.
2007-03-26 18:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by ISA7818 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who have more than their share of bad things happen to them, naturally have adopted a negative attitude and is on tyhe very of losing hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. What they need is a friend to talk to and maybe help them through the hardships they are facing.
2007-03-19 07:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The harsh backhand of reality.
We are geared toward self-preservation.
It doesn't take a degree in rocket-science to understand that some things are simply beyond our ability, and that often we are better able to get by if we maintain a low profile. Those who "think negatively" have rather attuned themself in part to their place in the Universe: One tiny, irrelevant speck in a vast, uncaring, churning machine. The number of things you cannot do relative to those you can is absolutely cosmic.... so its typically a good wager to bet you cannot.... Safer too.
Now what I wonder is what causes people to think optimistically? It is an unrealistic, oft dangerous and thoroughly irritating modus operandum. How can it be changed?
2007-03-19 08:18:13 · answer #6 · answered by Nihilist Templar 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It basically gets into the poor me mentality & of course the whining Some folks have been abused or lost boyfriends etc Humor is theway to go but here you risk violations but I'm not talking about abusive humor
2007-03-19 07:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by hobo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Past experiences or situations which wear down one's psychological defences. As bad as it is, however, negativity becomes comfortable and familiar, and we are too swallowed up in fear and defeat to move into a more positive state of mind and thus, unfamiliar territory.
2007-03-19 08:23:32 · answer #8 · answered by peskylisa 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not theory rather only the egos attempt to control the thought process.
All you have to do is starve the little bastard to death by depriving it of the nourishment it thrives on.
E.g. I just submitted my last answer to "yahoo! ANSWERS".
2007-03-26 11:57:02 · answer #9 · answered by Herbert Weigelt 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because they let their circumastance control their destiny, not their decisions. This is a principle from Tony Robbins
2007-03-25 17:37:44 · answer #10 · answered by akdonzilla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋