Thoughts about bad not only worsen well-being, but can also trigger the development or exacerbation of physical and mental illnesses. Scientists have proven that negative emotions lead to a decrease in immunity and weaken the effect of drugs. Positive emotions, on the contrary, accelerate the healing process and contribute to improving well-being. There are several ways to help stop thinking about the bad.
Instruction manual
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The method of replacing negative beliefs with positive ones is based on pronouncing life-affirming affirmations. To apply the method, you will need a sheet of paper divided into two columns. In the first column, write down all the bad thoughts that frequent you. Opposite each negative statement, make a positive. For example, the phrase "I'm always unlucky" can be contrasted: "I am always on the wave of good luck." Try to choose statements that do not include "no" particles. Compare the two phrases: "I am not a weak person" and "I am a strong person." They carry the same meaning, but the second phrase is more life-affirming and will be better perceived by the subconscious. You can read invented affirmations immediately after waking up, before going to bed, during a trip to and from work. Practice replacing negative thoughts with positive statements every day until you reach a transition to a new level of thinking.
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The visualization method is used when anxious and restless thoughts visit you. Husband or wife did not return from work on time? You begin to project many unpleasant outcomes of events in front of your inner eye: a car hit, changed (a), a heart attack, etc.? In most cases, anxiety is in vain. So is it necessary to create a series of negative images for no apparent reason? One exercise will help to deal with this. First imagine the full picture of a negative event as a reflection in the mirror. Presented? Now mentally break the mirror into many small fragments. Instead of a broken mirror, create a new one with a positive outcome of the same event. In a situation with a husband who is late from work, imagine how your loved one is safely returning home.
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The distraction method helps in cases where you are obsessed with bad thoughts. Useful work: arrange a general cleaning in the apartment, while turning on loud fun music (it will interrupt any thoughts), take a jog in the park with headphones from the player, watch a comedy, solve the puzzle. Active action or watching comedy films will distract you from thoughts depressing your soul.
Useful advice
If negative thoughts and emotions conquer you constantly and none of the proposed methods helps, seek help from a psychologist. Do not let the process go by chance.