How To Deal With Negative Thoughts

The primary cause of our unhappiness is never the situation we’re in, but our thoughts about it.

We spend so much time working on our external world, but nothing will transform your life more than working on your internal world – making positive shifts in your perception, thought patterns and attitude.

If you feel trapped by negative thinking, here are five effective ways to deal with negative thoughts:

1. Question the truth of your thoughts.

Humans are meaning making machines, so it’s useful to question your interpretation of events and see if you’re creating stories which may not necessarily be true.

Next time something happens and you start jumping to conclusions, pause and ask yourself: Is this really true? Can I know for sure? Could I be reading meaning into the situation which isn’t really there? Could I see things differently?

2. Question the permanence of the situation.

Another powerful question to ask yourself…