How to Change Negative Thinking into Positive Thinking with Self-talk

Have you ever been through times where an endless flow of buzzing chatter just nags at you in your mind? If it were someone else, it would be pointless to try and understand it, but you can. You understand what that gush of thoughts is saying because it all comes from within you.

That voice in your head, the internal judge, when you either war or contemplate with yourself is self-talk. You either you let it nag away and bring you down, or you can use it to psych yourself up and let it help you face life’s challenges head on. What is the secret? What is the power? How do you learn how to change negative thinking into positive thinking?

The Power

It may be a “duh” worthy statement but we do fail to realize that the types of thoughts we think more or less act as a precursor of what mood we’ll be in. If you think sad or mad thoughts, then you feel such. When you think happy, it isn’t very hard to be. This is the idea behind the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Think you’ll fail, and you probably will as you feel working towards your goal as pointless. However, if you think you succeed, your chances of doing so go up.

Spotting Destruction

With learning how to change negative thinking into positive thinking, you should know what it is you do with your thoughts that aren’t so helpful. There are many forms of negative self-talk, one of which is a classic one – anticipating the worse. Though there is a saying which tells us to “prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” make sure you fulfill both parts of the deal and not take sides. Another would be seeing things in absolutes. You’re either successful or a roaring failure, good or bad with no gray areas. Blaming yourself is also a bad thinking habit. Finally, there’s the mentality where you filter everything and focus on the negative and disregard the positive. Try your best to veer away from these types of thoughts

The Change Tips

And now we have the main event – how to change negative thinking into positive thinking. This is a fairly simple task; you just have to be committed to following this practice and make a habit out of it. First, stop to take a more objective look at just what you’re thinking about. Try to see the good in things or even challenge yourself to. In line with that, why not see humor in something day to day despite the hard times. This would surely leave you feeling less stressed. Last, live a good life in body, company and mind. Eat well and exercise to, surround yourself with positive people and let it rub on you, and practice positive self-talk.

Changing from negative to positive thinking doesn’t happen overnight. It takes practice. Never lose hope or heart. Take this challenge and learn from it well.

Have you ever been through times where an endless flow of buzzing chatter just nags at you in your mind? If it were someone else, it would be pointless to try and understand it, but you can. You understand what that gush of thoughts is saying because it all comes from within you.

That voice in your head, the internal judge, when you either war or contemplate with yourself is self-talk. You either you let it nag away and bring you down, or you can use it to psych yourself up and let it help you face life’s challenges head on. What is the secret? What is the power? How do you learn how to change negative thinking into positive thinking?

The Power

It may be a “duh” worthy statement but we do fail to realize that the types of thoughts we think more or less act as a precursor of what mood we’ll be in. If you think sad or mad thoughts, then you feel such. When you think happy, it isn’t very hard to be. This is the idea behind the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Think you’ll fail, and you probably will as you feel working towards your goal as pointless. However, if you think you succeed, your chances of doing so go up.

Spotting Destruction

With learning how to change negative thinking into positive thinking, you should know what it is you do with your thoughts that aren’t so helpful. There are many forms of negative self-talk, one of which is a classic one – anticipating the worse. Though there is a saying which tells us to “prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” make sure you fulfill both parts of the deal and not take sides. Another would be seeing things in absolutes. You’re either successful or a roaring failure, good or bad with no gray areas. Blaming yourself is also a bad thinking habit. Finally, there’s the mentality where you filter everything and focus on the negative and disregard the positive. Try your best to veer away from these types of thoughts

The Change Tips

And now we have the main event – how to change negative thinking into positive thinking. This is a fairly simple task; you just have to be committed to following this practice and make a habit out of it. First, stop to take a more objective look at just what you’re thinking about. Try to see the good in things or even challenge yourself to. In line with that, why not see humor in something day to day despite the hard times. This would surely leave you feeling less stressed. Last, live a good life in body, company and mind. Eat well and exercise to, surround yourself with positive people and let it rub on you, and practice positive self-talk.

Changing from negative to positive thinking doesn’t happen overnight. It takes practice. Never lose hope or heart. Take this challenge and learn from it well.

Compulsive Thinking Disorder – Fight It!

It happens again and again and again. Your thoughts just seem to revolve around the same things time and time again. It’s consuming you, slowly. You try to sleep but you can’t. There’s a buzzing, a nagging, an annoying voice in your head that won’t give you peace. It haunts you. You can’t get anything done. You know it has to stop. This, my friend, is the manifestation of the compulsive thinking disorder.

I’ll Never Get over It

Getting over the compulsive thinking disorder is a task with difficulty that’s equivalent to its severity. A few worrisome thoughts are acceptable and very much normal. Having thoughts that seem to take over your life however, letting it stop you in your tracks instead of moving steadily forward is highly unhealthy. It’s really bad if you let it drag you to the past and keep you there.

If you really think about it, it would be easy to conquer this disorder. You just really have to want it and you must be willing to commit to beating it because there’s a simple solution that can pose to be very difficult if you go on about it with the ways of a compulsive thinking disorder. What is it? It’s just to focus on positive thoughts and believe in them. Try hard to bring yourself peace. But again, of course, everything’s easier said than done especially with a stubborn attitude born from this disorder.

Oh Yeah? So what’s the Plan?

The best plan you could have to defeat compulsive thinking disorder is to try to kill every negative thought as soon as it comes. When you notice that your thoughts are starting to get sour, go for a positive rebuttal. You can think, “I’m not going to have any fun at the party” then go “but then again my friends are there so it’ll be okay. In fact, it can be more than okay.” It may be hard to do at first from its sheer unfamiliarity and how it’s so opposite to what you’re used to, but like wit all skills, all you need is a bit of practice. Do yourself a favor and don’t lose heart with this one. The more you do it, the easier it gets and the more it’d seem like an automatic reflex.

Beating compulsive thinking disorder is your chance not just to better your mood or yourself as a person, but it can better your life in general. Soon you’d find things looking up your way and that you’re getting to places you want to be in life. Get out of the shadows, see life in a whole new light.

Be Happy When Having a Bad Day

We all go through it. It’s not a select punishment for a select group of people. We wake up with our body heavy, feeling like there’s a ton holding us down. You don’t know how, but there’s a frown plastered on your face and it feels like it’s going to stay. Just about anything bad that could happen, does and the dark cloud over you won’t budge. However, as long as the day isn’t over, there’s hope. To be happy when having a bad day is very much possible. There’s no secret magic formula to it. There are many ways to go about it.

Do Something for Your Body

There are quite a few tactics to employ that would let you be happy when having a bad day. One is exercise. With exercise, your body releases certain hormones that help boost your mood. Likewise, you could eat foods that also release the same hormones like chocolate. This may just be where we get the term, “comfort food.” Have no time to exercise and don’t want to bust your diet? A nice relaxing massage or even aromatherapy can help clear your thoughts and decrease all the negativity. If you can, you may even want to sleep early and just prepare yourself for a better day.

Do Something for Your Mind

Chances are, if you’re having a bad day, you are under great stress. It may be because you aren’t doing something you should, so why not try hard to accomplish a task that’s been nagging at you non-stop? It may just be the trick to bring you peace of mind. If that doesn’t work out or isn’t the case, why not listen to some classical or calming music? You can even just opt to get some peace and quiet. You can also try meditation. Clear your thoughts or organize them someplace removed from chaos or mess. The best thing to do is to arrange your thoughts and think positive. Go about how your day has been so far and what you can do to save it.

Do Something for Your Soul

Happiness, smiles, laughter, they’re all contagious. Why not try to do a good deed or a random act of kindness for someone? You can also just let the stress out and talk to someone close to you. If you really just want to go crazy, do something silly with kids and just be carefree. It may have no point or reason, but it’s just that fact that makes you free. Do what you want to do, act the way you feel inside.

There are more than a thousand and one ways to be happy when having a bad day. It depends on how you are as a person and what makes you happy. It never hurts to try and change your thinking from negative to positive. Don’t force it and don’t add to your stress. Be patient. Let the positive thoughts carry you to where you want to be.

Well the year is almost done and I am hoping that 2010 is a better year than this one was. They say that things happen in “3’s” and after the last couple of months or so I am starting to believe in this saying. I find it somewhat ironic that I started this blog about positive thinking and using the power of the mind to change your life just as a couple of minor calamities befell me.

You see back along I was performing at an awards ceremony and a PA speaker was pulled down on to my head resulting in a trip to casualty and concussion. Due to the after effects form this accident (that I am still suffering from) I had to start employing a fair degree of positive thinking to help cope with my mental state. Hence starting this website and becoming involved in this area.

Next up was the flood that occurred in my apartment which I mentioned in a post. Yes it was a shock and a hassle (still can’t use the room) but I tried to put it in perspective and realise it is only a temporary problem from which I will get a completely re-carpeted flat!

And just to round things off nicely, my third episode occurred on Christmas eve whilst I was playing in a local pub. After we’d finished playing I suddenly became aware that my jacket was missing. I couldn’t find it anywhere and it had both my car and apartment keys in it. It became clear that it had been stolen and even clearer that I would have to leave my car illegally parked and would not be able to get in to my apartment. On Christmas day.

I had planned to drive to my family’s for Christmas, but this now looked doubtful. I realised that I really had to get into my flat as the de-humidifier that was drying the flooded room would possibly over flow, so couldn’t be left on for too long. So the only option was to smash a window to gain entry. I enlisted the help of the drummer (they relish this sort of thing) and got in.

Next day I boarded up the window and tried to think positively about the situation. I had no food in the house as I assumed I was going away, shops were shut and couldn’t leave the house as I wouldn’t be able to get back in due to the communal front door.My spare keys were at a friends house and he was away for Christmas for a few days.

As of today, I have got my keys for the apartment, refitted a new pane of glass and had my car towed to the garage where they recoded the immobilizer. This has been an expensive an inconvenient time, especially as it was Christmas. Despite all this I have used positive thinking techniques to maintain my positive outlook even though you despair of the sort of people who seem to set out to deliberately make your life difficult and unnecessarily expensive.

You just have to not let it get you down or think that someone’s put some kind of “hex”on you-it purely and simply a run of bad luck which, all things being equal, will result in some good luck come your way in the future. I truly believe this, after all I am a positive thinker.

Here’s to your positive attitude and thinking bringing you all you desire in 2010!

Maybe it is turning into one those weeks after all. You may have read about the flood that I was greeted with on my return to my apartment a couple of days ago. It is still a right old mess and starting to make everything else smell a bit damp and mouldy. Not too nice to live in. But I am staying positive about the situation and just trying to get on with things despite being now cooped up in one room.

So just when I was getting used to a slightly different way of doing things at home and thinking that I was still able to do what I need to do work-wise on a daily basis, I somehow managed to delete the homepage of this blog by messing about with my ftp program. Now I am not the most tech-savvy person around but usually, if I do something on my computer that I really didn’t mean to, and it causes what on the face of it looks like a distaster that will ruin days or weeks of work, with a bit of thought and a calm approach I can put it right again.

Well if you are reading this I must have been able to do it this time as well. But, I have to be honest, that at the time it looked like I had really managed to screw myself. I stared at the screen of my ftp client long and hard but nothing popped into my head as regards how the hell I was going to reverse what I had done. And just a little, I started to panic that I had lost weeks and weeks of hard work. I realised that if there was any chance of getting the blog back to its original and fine-looking self I was going to need help.

Now, the guys at the help desk of my web hosting are very quick in their response to support queries so with quiet confidence I sat back and awaited a reply to my problem. Time passed. And a bit more. Still no response. This was unusual, so I started to think about the consequences of the lost/wasted time this was costing. I began running through all the work I had planned to do that day but now couldn’t. And I started to feel a general air of gloom descend on a day that I originally thought was going to be productive and positive.

What had happened was that a perceived calamity which in all truth I made out in my mind to be far worse and of greater magnitude that it really was in all probability had turned my initial positive mental attitude into a negative one. My thoughts had been positive to start with, but had been eroded and replaced with negative ones. This can happen to us all too easily if we let it.

But there are ways to limit this kind of mental slide from positive to negative. There are techniques we can learn to mentally take a stepback from whatever life throws up to try and ruin our day. It may take some practice (looks like I need more!) but it can be done.

What did I do? Well I wrote this blog post of course-in notepad! I took a few moments to guage my reaction to this set-back, and then tried to practice what I preach and look for positives in seemingly negative scenarios. A bit of self anaysis and talk can be a good thing, as it allows you to put things into perspective more logically, gives you a chance to weigh up your options and then proceed with the best plan of action.