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| How to Eliminate Negative Perceptions |
When you first start thinking negatively , you will probably try and force the thoughts out of your head. You try as hard as you can to stop thinking about them and push them out.
But this approach often backfires. Fighting negative assumptions together can actually strengthen thinking patterns and only make things worse. The more you try not to think about something, the more you actually think about it.
In order for you to truly be free of negative thoughts, you need to try a different approach. Here are seven ways to clear your negative beliefs.
1. Change your body language
Take a moment to observe your body language. Do you slouch in a closed manner? Are you frowning?
If so, it will be easier for you to think negatively.
Bad body language can lower your self-image and lead to a lack of self-confidence. So that in an emotional state, it becomes natural to start having negative thoughts.
Sit up straight with confidence. Open up your behavior and smile more.
Improve your body language and you will feel much better. This may be what you need to clear negative thoughts.
2. Talk it out
Sometimes negative thinking happens because you have a problem or emotion that you need to vent out.
It's not good to keep it to yourself. If you have something that needs to be done urgently, you should talk to someone.
Putting what's on your mind in words can help you put things into perspective so you can get to the root of the problem.
3. Spend a minute calming your assumptions from all assumptions
With everything racing around in your head, it will be difficult to control the assumptions that arise – especially negative thoughts.
Try slowing it down. A minute of calm is sometimes what is expected.
It's like meditation – you empty your mind. Think of it as a reboot. Once it's empty, you can fill it in with something a little more factual.
4. Change your thinking sentences
Sometimes negative thoughts are the result of a bad perspective. Look at your perspective on the things that are happening around you.
For example, instead of thinking, “I am going through a difficult time and will experience hardships,” it is better to think, “I am facing some challenges, but I am trying to find solutions.”
You're basically saying the same thing, but the second way has a more positive angle. But sometimes a small sentence shift can make a big difference to your frame of mind.
5. Be creative
When negative assumptions arise, you can neutralize them by spending some time innovative.
Find outlets to bring out the innovative things in your mind. Draw or paint something – even if you have to use crayons. As long as you use your creativity to get rid of negative thoughts, then it can work.
Explore your emotions through innovative steps that can improve your mood again.
Creativity can feel like liberation. When you put your emotions through an art form, you put them out of your system and purge it.
6. Take a walk
Sometimes our thoughts are a product of the environment in which we are. For example, if you are surrounded by negative people, you will probably start thinking negatively in turn.
Avoiding negative environments can be very helpful. Take time to walk alone away from everyday situations. Go to an area that elevates the mood, such as a park or museum.
Time spent distancing yourself from negative impacts can bring you peace of mind.
7. Start making a list of what you are grateful for
Have you forgotten all the good things that have happened to you? Sometimes in our daily life, we lose focus on all the things that are going well in our life.
If that reflects on you, then you need to retrain your assumptions to concentrate on all the good that is happening around you, not the bad.
List all the things you are grateful for, no matter how small they seem. Sometimes the good things in our life happen right in front of our eyes and we still fail to see them.
Stop being blind to the factual things that you already have.