How do you make yourself feel positive?

Question

I feel so negetive lately, how can I turn that around into positive thoughts?

Answer 1

I make a list of all the things I have to be grateful for. I have a roof over my head to keep me warm and dry. I have food to eat. I'm healthy, I've got family and friends etc. You get the picture. And then I think of all those people who are suffering with poverty, warm, disease etc and think how lucky I am, but for the grace of God that could be me. I end up feeling a whole lot better my trivial little problems and my negativity seems to disappear.

Answer 2

Sometimes this is a "do-it-yourself" thing and sometimes it is not. So if the suggestions you get don't help, and you have felt negative/down for quite some time, or if you experience big swings between up and down, you should talk to a doctor. Sometimes we can pep ourselves up, and other times we may need help because it can be a chemical issue in our brains (like chronic depression or bipolar disorder).

That said, I usually feel better (personally) when I find something constructive to do (even if it's just getting all the laundry done or building a bird feeder) or I help other people. Seeing people in worse situations than yourself can help you appreciate what you have more. I also try to avoid negative people that bring me down or make me start thinking negatively about others. Hang out with people who are positive, and it usually wears off on you. Hang out with people who complain and gossip all the time and that wears off on you too.

And, during this season of giving and celebrating "God with us" you might find some happiness in going to church, reading about the joy experienced in the nativity, or giving an unexpected gift to a friend.

Answer 3

Certainly negative influences surround us on a daily basis, no matter what they are. Many are very real challenges and seem difficult, if not impossible to overcome.

The idea of a list might work for some, and in that context YOU might count whatever "blessings" are real to you, among other things. In a religious sense keep the thought, "I whined because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet."

Breaking Life into manageable parts is relative and relevant to negativity and depression, in that we have the ability to guide at least parts of our existance.

Tasks, for instance, that seem overwhelming, can be taken on and administered in smaller BITES, better digested.

Removing ones self from negative influences is another method. IE: Your associations with anyone negative, can be ended, or at least avoided. Similarly; Places you go, and things you do, that aren't fulfilling, can and should be avoided, when possible. Certainly that might not equate to family, job, school, but a different view of approach, might help.

Examples: Very much a cliche, but something that can inspire positivity and help promote it, is to think of your life as a glass half full, not half empty. You can apply that to almost anything.

School for instance, for a young person, might seem terminally boring and endless, when in fact they are only required to attend 180 days a year. Thinking along those lines, they are OFF 185 days a year.

Job: I'd bet the majority who work, are less than impassioned about what they do for income. The goal, or design is obviously survival and more. While at work, surely your employer wants you to focus on the tasks, and you should; BUT you can use the "Half Full" feeling again, by thinking of why you have the job, what if you didn't, and Friday at 5:00...smiles.

Even Laundry: need not be depressive. Heck the machines do much of the work. Define your tasks at least, as neccesary, and productive in some end result, even if they seem mundane.

Now a bit of my preachy/ soap box etiquette.

Indulge me.

LIFE is a "path", and we are on it. We will encounter "Stones in the Road." We have at least 3 options. We can turn from the stones, never knowing what might be beyond them. We can attempt moving them, and in the effort at least, we can know we tried. Then and perhaps finally, we can detour around those stones, finding a clear path ahead, and a sense of accomplishment.

LIFE can be like a river. YOU are in that river along with a large "Boulder" (metaphorically) You cling to the boulder for various reasons; fear, insecurity, doubt, apathy, etc. Very often fighting some natural flow.

If you were to let loose your grip on the boulder, let the river take you, not fighting the current, you might still experience some of those prior feelings, especially influenced by the "unknown"; BUT might also find yourself downstream, deposited on some "friendly" or at least different "shore"

Finally...It's most important to be somewhat selfish about yourself. In essence YOU are the most important person you know. As such, you should learn to LIKE something or multiple things about YOU. You need not flaunt them, but at some point, others will take notice, and be more drawn, in a positive way, to those newly expressed, obvious qualities.

So many ways to induce positive feelings.

Go with the flow
Lighten up
etc.

One of my methods is to rarely or never stress before the fact. AND never stress over those things and issues not in my control.

Steven Wolf

Answer 4

I am a very positive person-and when things don't go as i think they should have-there is always a reason for it.
For example>>>>>My old computer was not working,so i went out to get another one.I found one i really liked-it was gonna cost me alot-but i wanted it.
Ok the salesman did some kinda restore on it cause it was set up for people to use in the store-he tried and tried to get it to go through-i was there for i know for an hour and a half-and still no go-i was disappointed-but thought oh well.
I get home pull out my old computer fool with it for a couple of hours and fixed it-i am on it now.So that to me was the reason i couldn't get it.
That may not help you-but just look on the bright side of everything-If you get dealt lemons-make lemonade.
When you feel sorry for yourself-just look around-it will make you appreciate your life.
Home...no home
Car...no car
Good health....bad health
Job...no job
and the list goes on,everything in our lives has pros and cons,we all make mistakes in life-but if we learn from them and pick up the pieces and go on then,maybe we were supposed to go through it to make us stronger.
Just don't let yourself get depressed over things-your mind will play tricks on you.Mind over matter.
Good luck.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

One feels negative when he is discouraged or when his plans don't work. To feel positive always is to think positive. To think positive I would tell you to not to take what other's are saying to your heart. When you feel negative have faith that if this is went wrong I will have another. And more above nothing wrong will happen to anyone.""What happens is for good what is going to happen is for good and what happened in the past is also for good""

Answer 7

Quit watching CNN.

Answer 8

Ahead of myself....... my nose only.