The Dangers Of Positive Thinking

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Positive thinking has become one of the most popular phrases of our time. But what happens when you find yourself in a situation that makes it difficult to “Think Positive”? In these times, when things just don’t seem to be going right, being told to “Think Positive” just doesn’t work. If we try to think positive in these situations, we know that we are trying to fool ourselves. This can then actually make us feel more negative about the situation.

So what’s the answer?

One way of dealing with a bad situation is to analyze it properly and see how bad things really are. Much of the time—especially when we are depressed—we feel that the situation is much worse than it actually is. If we take a close look at a situation and ask ourselves “What is the worst thing that could happen?” we can find that the worst thing is really not so bad after all.

We find that we will still have the things that really matter such as a place to live, food to eat, and our friends and family. But more important—when we have all the things just mentioned—is that we will still have the means to move from the bad situation to one that is more positive.

In the end, the whole point of looking at the situation and seeing how bad things really are is to move away from relying on our feelings and moving toward a view of the world or situation on the facts as they are. What we need in these types of situations is not to “think positive” but think less on the negative side—to see our problems for what they really are.

And once the situation has been looked at closely, we need to use the proper words to describe it. Don’t call something a disaster when it’s just an annoyance. Or don’t think of something as a tragedy when it’s just a minor setback. Once we take this objective look at our problems, we’ll find that they aren’t such a problem after all, and can be overcome. And then we realize we can find the positive in the situation—by looking at the negative first.

Steve Bentham runs the website http://inspirationinsights.com a website dedicated to inspiration, motivation and personal development. This article is an abridged version of Stop Trying to Think Positive which can be found on the Inspiration Insights website

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