How Negative thoughts impact us.

What are your thoughts about yourself? Your thoughts have a significant impact on your life. Do you think you are good enough to accomplish your goals or do you think you are no good? Can you find any of these following thought patterns in yourself?

I cannot do this. I am not lucky. I am not good enough. I will fail.I am not lovable. No one loves me. Even if I find love I will lose it.
I will not be happy. Even if I am happy something bad will happen.
Every one out there is trying to get me.

Negative thoughts could be ruminations regarding the past or ruminations regarding the future. They rob you of the energy to invest in “today”. There also could have been some life incidents that has made you think in some of these patterns. Well, if you are asking – I am just thinking, not doing anything – right? How can my thoughts have an impact?

Yes they do. Our thoughts are very powerful, because our thoughts are directly linked to our emotions which are linked to our behavior. And they reinforce each other in such a way that, we are caught in its cycle without being aware of it.

For eg. lets take the negative thought – “I will not succeed”

This leads to the emotions, sadness, disappointment, dejection etc. These emotions lead to a loss of energy and enthusiasm to put good effort into any task. Hence the behavior is a disinterested partial effort on the task at hand, resulting in a failure. This reinforces the initial thought – which is – “I will not succeed” and the person starts believing the same. This becomes a repetitive cycle in the person’s life. The good news is that these cycles can be broken. The first step is to be aware of what is happening. You can learn to modify the negative thoughts and break the negative cycle.

It is possible. You can take charge of your thoughts, your emotions and your life.

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