Stop Focusing on Negative Situations
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- Stop Focusing on Negative Situations
- Why the Focus on the Negative?
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
- Stand Up for Mental Health
- Latest Mental Health News
Stop Focusing on Negative Situations
Do you continually focus on negative situations? Is every word, action and behavior absorbed and dissected without thought?
Out of fear, many who struggle with anxiety, paranoia and depression tend to dissect the behaviors and words of others more intensely. Those with mental illness fear being hurt and when the words or body language of others gives off the slightest hint of negativity, the mind tries to put the pieces of the puzzle together. (How to Stop Worrying About What Others Think). The puzzle may not have anything to do with them, but with high anxiety and paranoia in play, they believe that any negative body language must involve them in some way.
Why the Focus on the Negative?
When it comes to focusing on the negative, most aren't seeing the situation clearly. Negative beliefs beget negative thoughts. (Stop All-Consuming Negative Thoughts with the G.L.A.D. Technique). If you go into a situation with confidence, you are more likely to receive a positive result. The articles below contain ideas on how to do that.
It is not easy to ignore judgmental stares and to push away whispers, but the most important point of action is to give off positivity, so those around you can absorb those feelings.
Articles Related to Self-Esteem and Confidence
- Positive Thinking – Focusing on the Positive
- Get a Grip on Negative Thoughts with Distraction Skills
- My Path to Positive Thinking
Your Thoughts
Today's Question: How have you been able to push past the negative judgments and comments of others and remain positive and confident? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.
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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- Anxiety Management: The Key Signs of Stress and Panic
- Top 21 Anxiety Grounding Techniques
- Binge Eating and Overeating: What's the Difference?
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.
- 2015, Another New Year with a Mental Illness (Mental Health Treatment Circle Blog)
- Celebrating My Birthday with Depression and Living Life, Even When Depressed (Coping with Depression Blog)
- Advantages of Anxiety, Disadvantages of Anxiety and Anxiety Makes Me Hate Myself and That’s Okay (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- What Is It Really Like to Stay in A Mental Hospital? (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Pros/Cons of Self-Employment While Living with Depression (Work and Bipolar or Depression Blog)
- What Is Victim Thinking? and Common Sense Can Cause Mental Illness, Depression Stigma (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- How to Reduce Dissociation in PTSD (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- Body Image and Self-Esteem and Common Signs of Low Self-Esteem (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- Mental Health Stigma and Your Identity — I Am Not My Illness (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- Sexual Desire, Function and Combat PTSD (Understanding Combat PTSD)
- Binge Eating Disorder’s Intrusive Thoughts (Binge Eating Recovery Blog)
- The Effects of Verbal Abuse and How They Hurt Me (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Can Crime Shows Play a Part in Self-Harm? (Speaking Out About Self-Injury Blog)
- Is Your Depression Caused By Your Diet? (Your Mental Health Blog)
- Tips for Diagnosing and Treating Anxiety in Elderly People (Treating Anxiety Blog)
- Giving Psychiatric Medication to a Child with Mental Illness (Life with Bob)
- Use Grounding Techniques When Dissociating (Dissociative Living Blog)
- How To Put Your Eating Disorder Recovery First (Surviving ED Blog)
- Is There A Quick Fix for Mental Illness? (Getting Through Tough Times Blog)
- Live Your Kind of Life (Living A Blissful Life Blog)
- My Definition of Gender Identity Genderqueer (The Life: LGBT Mental Health Blog)
- Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome and Its Effects and The Importance of Honesty in Addiction Recovery (Debunking Addiction Blog)
- Schizoaffective Disorder and What It’s Like to Hear Voices and Homeless With Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
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Stand Up for Mental Health
Thousands Have Joined the Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign
But we still need you. Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trichotillomania, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.
Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Latest Mental Health News
These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:
- Memories Need To Be 'Switched On' And Are Enhanced By Emotion
- Current Guidelines To Limit Kids' Screen-Based Media Use 'May Not Be Tenable'
- Social Media: 'No Direct Association' With Stress
- Rat Study Suggests Abuse-Related Cues Could Reduce Adult Stress
- How We Grieve: Everyone Is Different
- How Your Facebook Likes Could Cost You a Job
- Can Depression And Guilt In Preschool Years Change The Brain?
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APA Reference
Aline, J.
(2015, January 27). Stop Focusing on Negative Situations, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 2 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/stop-focusing-on-negative-situations
