EXTREMELY important to remember
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JUST THINK POSITIVE
Conceptually, some of the best advice ever
As a practical matter, some of the worst advice ever
What you say about negative thoughts is so true.
This is a side note...subtopic to yours.
I used to teach a class about stress reduction. I enjoy using this in my own life. I try to be aware of five physical changes that stress does to my body, which are completely in my control to reverse. When I am aware of what stress is doing to me physically, I can choose the opposite physical action. The link is just as strong both directions, so I can reduce my stress.
Here are two simple examples:
Negative thinking affects our facial expressions and tone of voice, which alters how others will treat us, which determines much of our reality. If stress makes us frown, we can choose the opposite...to smile. If we hear a sharp tone in our voice, we can choose a kind one. I used to sugggest the employees put a mirror on the desk and look into it while speaking with frustrating customers. They said it helped. For fun, when my kids were fighting, I used to ask them to sing whatever they were saying. They always ended up laughing, instead.
Also, stress causes us to breathe in a shallow way, which is linked to our sympathetic (fight-or-flight) nervous system. DIaghram breathing is linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, which when engaged, gives us feelings of well-being, love, abundance, etc. It is hard to be in fight-or-flight mode and abundant mode at the same time. Luckily, we hold the key...diaphragmatic breathing. Unless our threat is a true physical one (like being chased by a bear), it is our choice which system we are utilizing.
No, I only meant worst advice ever because it's nearly impossible when in the midst of a negative mental shit-storm to "Just think positive!" People toss that advice out and then go dancing on their merry way, thinking they did the person some good. The whole trouble when someone is anxious or depressed is that they feel they can't "think positive" right then.
It isn't bad advice because it's a bad thing to do; it's only bad advice because so many people find it virtually impossible to do.
You are correct about that. I was very depressed for a very long time and if someone would have told me to just think positive I would probably have told them to F off.
I tried it on my own because I had a theory about vibration and emotion and figured it was worth a shot. It triggered my spiritual awakening. Synchronicity was so intense I thought I was going crazy. I had no idea about any of that stuff until I experienced it. Turns out it is common and that is what all these people I used to call hippy freaks were talking about with all their love and light nonsense. It is not nonsense. Now I get called names when I try to tell people about it. That's karma I guess. lol.