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As a Psychologist I frequently get asked, what's the first thing that needs to be done to manage negative thinking and negative self-talk?
The biggest problem is that by the time you catch the negative thinking or negative self-talk, you're already caught up in feeling bad, feeling depressed, feeling angry, feeling upset or frustrated in some way.
Research has shown that your thinking patterns, create up to 75% of your emotions. The self talk and images that you create inside of your brain are the primary reason that those negative emotions erupt. So what do you do?
The first thing is not to worry so much about the negative thinking itself, but instead focus on catching the feeling. The reason to attend to the feeling first, is that you're always aware of how you feel. Moment to moment, day to day, you're always aware of all the feelings going on inside of you. You may not at times notice your self-talk. But if you catch the upset feeling, know that at that moment you have negative thinking or negative self-talk going on in your head, even if you are unaware of it.
Changing the negative to a positive thinking pattern just takes a little bit of work. So first, you catch the feeling. When the feeling comes up and you're thinking, "I don't feel so good. What's going on?"
Or you find yourself angry, frustrated, irritated, feeling down, or sad, notice the feeling and then just ask yourself the simple question, "What's going on? Where's this coming from?" Immediately, your mind will pop up whatever that's been going through your mind.
It may be someone you had a disagreement with, a problem at work, something you have to do that's frustrating or hard, or maybe something that's overwhelming. When you find what that is, you then look at it and decide what you can do about it. You then switch your thinking to a path where you have more control.
Negative thinking, negative self-talk, will lead you down the road that makes your success go in the garbage can. You need to get control over what you can get control over, which is your thinking pattern. So that your positive attitude, your positive thinking, the positive thought process is moved forward step by step through making a conscious choice to do that.
Thinking is all a brainwave pattern. You have four primary brainwaves, beta, alpha, theta and delta. Beta brainwaves are any brainwave that is 14 or more cycles per second, they're really fast. That thinking patterned brainwave is the trigger. And so when the feeling comes up, you already have that negative thinking going on so you have to stop and ask yourself what's going on, catch the situation and then redirect your thinking down a new path. That's a choice.
Everyday you have a choice, positive thinking, positive attitude, positive feelings or negative self-talk, negative thinking, feeling down, feeling out of sorts, it's your choice. Catch your feelings, then redirect your thinking in a positive, proactive manner.
The Best of Success to You, Dr Larry Iverson
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