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Posted 5/3/2013 4:45 PM (GMT 0)
I've been feeling especially anxious and depressed over the past few days, and I know I could benefit from some positive thinking...the problem is, when I'm upset I seem to have this enormous resistance to thinking positive. It just feels like I'm lying to myself, that it's wrong to think that I'm a good person, that things will work out, etc. Do other people experience this, and do you just tell yourself positive things anyway, even though you feel like you're lying to yourself? Do you eventually start believing the positive thoughts? I get so confused when I'm upset. It's so hard to think clearly.
Posted 5/3/2013 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yes!!! Keep telling yourself the good thoughts!!!

Even if you feel fake/false in saying the postivie messages...it will change how you feel eventually.

The words we say to ourselves have power! Even though we may not believe in what we hear (even from our own inner voice) whatever we are exposed to starts to sink in...good or bad.

Studies have proven this. Also, it has been proven that if you smile...even a forced smile, it increases the levels of good/happy hormones/neurotransmitters in the brain (seratonin, dopamine and endorphins)

So keep up the good work...even if it is forced. Perhaps writing down the thoughts and reading them would be easier? It would have the same effect though, so go for that method if you wish.:)

Peace and progress,

S.C.
Posted 5/3/2013 9:53 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you SC!

I never knew whether or not it was the right thing to do to think/say the thoughts even though they felt false. I think I've just been waiting until they felt "right" (and so continuining to think negatively).
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