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- '''Filtering.''' Magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filtering out all the positive ones. | - '''Filtering.''' Magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filtering out all the positive ones. | ||
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According to the Mayo Clinic, "Positive thinking doesn't mean that you ignore life's less pleasant situations. Positive thinking just means that you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst.
Positive thinking often starts with self-talk. Self-talk is the endless stream of unspoken thoughts that run through your head. These automatic thoughts can be positive or negative. Some of your self-talk comes from logic and reason. Other self-talk may arise from misconceptions that you create because of lack of information or expectations due to preconceived ideas of what may happen.
If the thoughts that run through your head are mostly negative, your outlook on life is more likely pessimistic. If your thoughts are mostly positive, you're likely an optimist — someone who practices positive thinking.[2]}}
Health benefits of positive thinking
The Mayo Clinic indicates that the health benefits of positive thinking are:[3]
- Increased life span
- Lower rates of depression
- Lower levels of distress and pain
- Greater resistance to illnesses
- Better psychological and physical well-being
- Better cardiovascular health and reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease and stroke
- Reduced risk of death from cancer
- Reduced risk of death from respiratory conditions
- Reduced risk of death from infections
- Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress
Negative thinking
According the Mayo Clinic negative thinking involves:[4]
- Filtering. Magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filtering out all the positive ones.
- Personalizing. When something bad occurs, you automatically blame yourself.
- Catastrophizing. Believing that the worst will happen in situations
- Blaming. Not taking personal responsibility for your wrong actions.
- Saying you "should" or "must" do something when it isn't true or beating yourself excessively for failing to do things
- Magnifying. Making mountains out of molehills.
- Perfectionism
- Polarizing. You see events/matters in starkly good or bad terms in terms of consequences when there is middle ground or bad/good aspects of events.