How Highly Hopeful People Think
“People who are more hopeful see the world in a different way. In studying what makes people have high hope or low hope, researchers found that the high hope people have seven thinking habits about how they are going to perceive the world. Higher hope decisions are teachable. With learned hopefulness, you can sustainably have less anxiety and depression, greater resilience, less negativity, and more joy just like the high hope people. The key is understanding exactly what hope is, and making that realization work for you.
Hope is the only positive emotion that requires activation of negativity or uncertainty. Without bleakness, the spark for hope isn’t ignited. We have no need for hope without sorrow. Low hope people fail to realize that the negativity or uncertainty is a call to action — one that can serve to change their perception about a situation. Their perception of the circumstance is fixed, causing them to repeatedly focus on the negative, not challenging themselves, and then isolating. In contrast, high hope people know that hope is the regulation of perception toward believing in control of the future. They believe a positive future outcome is possible, combined with a desire for that outcome. They search for ways to cultivate positive feelings while entertaining possibilities. They cherish relationships and will seek support in achieving their goals. High hope people stand ready for life's challenges, and the payoff comes from research that shows they will live a longer, healthier, and happier life.
If you want to begin living more like high-hope people, start by picking one of the seven decisions that you’d like to work on, then challenge yourself to look for the possibilities within these situations that you once thought of as fixed and unchangeable. Ask yourself questions that help you find and focus on what can happen rather than what can’t. If you don’t have a goal to challenge yourself to strive for, you might want to set one and work toward it this week. If you are prone to looking at the negative, take a week to focus on finding the beauty around you, then acknowledge it. It may seem like a small thing to do to flip your mood, but it works and is something you’ll get better at. I know because it worked for me when I was going through a tough time, and the science behind it says it will work for you.
Key Points:
- People who are highly hopeful think differently in a way that is teachable.
- People with greater measures of hope live longer and healthier.
- Hope is the only positive emotion that requires negativity or uncertainty to be activated.”
Read the whole article at Psychology Today
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💬 Do you consider yourself a highly hopeful person? What helps you to be this way? If you are not, what is something you can do to be more hopeful?
@globalBraid3744
I would say it depends on the situation, but I always try to have a good mindset and to do my best in every situation. I also belive that everything happens for a reason and it does wonders to keep my hope up even in the hardest of situations. Thank you for sharing this article!
@professionalVision2624
I can relate! I also find that belief that everything happens for a reason, even if we cannot directly always see it is very helpful.
@globalBraid3744 Thinking positively, feeling hope and being resilient come the one after the other. it's very true and commonly accepted by scientists that these are skills that can be tought and learned! This is very helpful to know in therapy.
Also the fact that these feelings are triggered by negativity is very interesting and inspiring! It's great to know that there's always something good out of anything, no matter how unfortunate it may seem.
Thank you for the great post!
@calmDew1576
I agree with you that all those skills come one after another- I think they are all interconnected. I also find it very helpful to know that these skills can be learned.
@globalBraid3744
I think I am a bit of both!
To be more hopeful, I can try to focus on the positives more.
Thanks for the post! 💛✨
@innateJoy9602
It probably depends on the situation! I also think that these feelings of being hopeful can fluctuate.
Thank you for sharing!