Ways To Turn Off Negative Thoughts and Build Yourself!

Negative thoughts have some serious power. Negative thoughts drain you of energy and keep you from being in the present moment. The more you give in to your negative thoughts, the stronger they become. If you’re not careful, they can take hold of your mind and influence way too much of your life. So be careful, and conscious. You've got some serious power too, especially over your thoughts!
Life isn't always a party, and it doesn't serve you to ignore your pain. Neither does it serve you to dwell in and on the negative aspects of your life. Be active in your approach to stopping these sometimes endless loops of negative thinking.

It’s time to shake up your thoughts with some concrete action. It’s time to get out of your head, into the world outside of yourself.

Here are some tips for distracting your mind away from the negative, so some positive thoughts and feelings have an opportunity to slip in.

These ideas can’t replace healing whatever is causing all the negative thinking, but they will help to instill more positivity into your life, and that helps with all healing.

Smile:
This is the easiest one on the list. Put a conscious effort into smiling more. At home alone or out in the streets, at friends and strangers. Even if you’re not feeling it, show some teeth. You really can smile your way out of negativity, because the energy a smile invites back to you is almost always positive. The same goes for laughter, so if your incessant smiling turns into a hearty laugh, just roll with it. You’re straying even farther from your negative thoughts.

It’s important to remember that a negative thought, like everything else, is just energy. We have the power to shift our energy, and to change our thoughts. Within this power lives the potential to change our lives. But it takes work. It takes action.

Move your body:
Dancing takes me out of my head, and that’s the goal here. Sing, take a walk, go to the gym, spin around in circles. Just move your body. Putting the focus of your energy in your body pulls it away from your mind, from the negative thoughts taking root there.

Surround yourself with positive people:

When you’re stuck in a negative spiral, talk to people who can put things into perspective and won’t feed your negative thinking.

Read positive quotes:

I like to place positive quotes on my desktop, mirror and room as reminders to stay positive. Listen to good messages that helps you stay positive.

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Help someone out:
Take the focus away from you and do something nice for another person.  Assist a friend who is down and needs help, host someone, or better still spend time with the less privilege. It took my mind off of things and I felt better for helping someone else. A great way to get out of your head is to get active with people and organizations that can use your help. There are few things as fulfilling as being of service to someone who needs it. Talk about a reason for positive thoughts!

List things that you are grateful for right now:

Being grateful helps appreciate what you already have. E.g: Good health, family, job etc.

The next time you find yourself dwelling in the negative, try one of the above suggestions to help you shift yourself into the positive. Because as powerful as negative thinking can be, positive thinking is that much mightier.