Positive
thinking is a term you likely have been hearing rather often nowadays. However,
it sounds so abstract and non-scientific that many people dismiss it without
doing any significant research into the matter. This is a serious
miscalculation as learning and putting this seemingly simple technique into
practice can have a profound effect on your life as a whole.
Think of it this way, stress, the biggest factor negatively impacting our lives today is, in fact, as intangible as positive thinking. However, this change of mindset can be used as an effective counter to this issue. If you look into this matter more closely, you will see that positive thinking is a far more complicated concept than simply putting a fake smile on your face and trying to be cheerful. If practiced correctly, the influence of this technique can be profound. Even your appearance may change for the better if you rearrange your though patterns in a more efficient and positive manner.
Negative Thoughts: Loss of Contact with Reality
When you experience some negative emotions, such as fear, anger, or jealousy, your mind becomes focused on one particular issue and disregards all the other things. Unfortunately, “reason” is one of the first things that your brain will dismiss at such a situation. This is why we often regret the words and actions committed out of anger or fear.
Negative thoughts limit your thinking in a similar manner. This means that they prevent you from seeing the bigger picture. Therefore, you might be unable to see efficient solutions to your problems. This results in the increased level of stress.
When you are “sufficiently” stressed, even a small issue can seem like a complete disaster to you and will cause your brain to react accordingly. This means that you will be unable to resolve it and the problems will accumulate until the pressure starts taking a toll on your health.
Positive thinking can reverse the damage dealt by the aforementioned mindset. The effect of this change can be profound. With a bit of practice, you will see that your skin, hair and nails, will become healthier as they will not be tormented by the poisonous effects of stress. The worry lines and bags under your eyes will disappear making you look younger and healthier. This will also help slow down the process of natural aging. Remember, they say that sincere laugh can prolong your life, and there is some scientific evidence to prove this.
How to Think Positive
- Positive
self-talk is the key to success.
The most efficient way of changing your thought patterns into positive ones is actually talking yourself into it. You need to tell positive things to yourself all the time and search for the good sides in every situation. The more often you do this, the faster this will turn into a habit. Start with replacing every negative sentence that comes into your mind with a positive one. This will be hard at first, but you will see some significant improvement in your disposition very fast. - Become
an optimist.
A change like this will not occur overnight, but you need to practice in thinking positive scenarios for every situation. This will help you become less critical and more accepting of the world and its faults.
