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Thinking positive or negative?


Question Posted Monday January 15 2007, 9:07 pm

I'm someone who thinks a lot and when I think a lot, I tend to think negative. A lot of people have told me to stop thinking too much and being negative but I just can't. I think the idea of thinking positive is stupid because it is like a kind of self-denial. I'm pessimistic because I wanna prepare myself for the worst should the worst hit me.

Say for example if I know I screwed up my test paper, I can't possibly tell myself oh ya I'm gonna do well. When I get a really bad haircut, I can't think of anything positive about it. When I pick my classes for school, I always think of the negative, like what if my classes suck? What if the teachers are gonna pile us with homework? I tried talking to my parents but they say they don't wanna talk to me because I keep thinking about things that are not going to happen or things that haven't even happen. I don't wanna bug my friends with this problem because I have told them about it b4.

I have no one to turn to. I really can't change my mode of thinking. I don't wanna delude myself of reality and yet I don't wanna live in self denial by being optimistic. Somebody help.


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Additional info, added Saturday January 20 2007, 9:57 pm:
keep the answers coming in. I'll continue to read them..

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Fighter12345 answered Saturday January 20 2007, 9:34 am:
okay wut you need to do is think of somthing thats not on the negitive side. ex would be girlfriend/boyfriend or somthing cause ive had this problem and all i did was think about my girlfriend and know i have really good grades.

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beth396190 answered Tuesday January 16 2007, 2:01 am:
ok, im a very optimistic person, yet i can be very pessimistic at times.
(sorry if my spelling is horrible. lol)
try thinking about the good things in your life.
like maybe sit down and think about the A you just got on test.
or maybe how the hott guy or girl (hehe. didn't say who you were :]) was flirting with you that day.
or maybe take something bad and make it seem good.
like, if you forgot to do your math homework, think, "its ok, because ill study for the test and make a good grade on it to raise my overall class grade".

it may seem hard at first.
but over time, if you do this alot, it will become a habit.
and you will become an overall better person :]

hope i could help :]

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