(Thread closed) Day 11: Is your self-talk negative or positive? If it is negative, what are some more positive ways to talk to yourself?
- Listen to Ted Talk on Self Talk here
- Read this article on negative self-talk
Is your self-talk negative or positive? If it is negative, what are some more positive ways to talk to yourself?
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In looking over the things I have said about myself, I can only come to the conclusion that my self-talk is positive. I have done away with all the negativity in my life, and my intention is to keep to the positive, to live my life well.
@Offmytrack
That is so awesome to hear that and I am so proud of you. Good job!
I engage in some positive self-talk, but alot of negative self talk. I think that if i work to bring awareness to my tendancy to be negative it will help me see those moments as an opportunity to turn those hurtful thoughts into something more beneficial.
@MissPen
Glad to hear that you will be working on those opportunities in the future.
@DanaMH
Dana, I still catch myself doing negative self-talk at times but try, when becoming aware of it, to challenge my thoughts immediately. If that does not work, I will use grounding or other things to distract me. Also as a routine I integrated positive self-talk into my life.
I find that with time our brains learn to switch over faster and faster from negative to positive thoughts, the "thought inspection" is becoming more effective with practise.
@amiablePeace77
Glad to hear that you are trying to challenge your thoughts immediately and if it doesn't work move into grounding yourself or other distracting things. I agree with anything practice helps us a lot.
@DanaMH
Dana, the site helped me a lot to achieve that, the constant reminders and the useful information from everybody.
@amiablePeace77
I agree there are a lot of great ideas from everyone that helps a lot.
It's a mix. I would say that at least when it comes down to who I am as a person, it's fairly positive. I'm harder on myself in terms of things I've done.
@AffyAvo
Sometimes we are harder on ourselves and we just need to ease up on ourselves also. Glad to hear that you are being fairly positive as a person.
Primarily positive. I do still have my negative moments get they continue to be further and further apart. I'm also learning how to take the negative self talk and have it switch to a positive.
@mutter3
Really good to hear that your self-talk is primarily positive and that you are learning how to switch that negative talk into positive talk, keep up the great work.
@DanaMH
Is your self-talk negative or positive? If it is negative, what are some more positive ways to talk to yourself?
MY self talk is both positive and negative. When I am face with a negative self talk I find a way to use a positive quote to get me past it. More positive ways is telling myself I can do something and to see the rewards at the end of that path
@pamharley003
I like the reward part a lot since we do need to reward ourselves for all the good work that we do. Telling us positive quotes is a great idea on how to help ourselves also. Keep up the great work.
@DanaMH
sometimes i self talk negatively and sometimes positive
@CrickettheSilent
Glad you can tell the difference when you do.
It's borderline. I try and counter them with positive self-talk but not always easy.
@Tinycupcake
Sometimes it is hard but glad that you are trying.