Heya playas, we all experience moments of self doubt, insecurities and negative thoughts
from time to time but with the right mindset you can move beyond those limitations. That's
why in this episode Scott from Depression to Expression and I are going to teach you
how to stop thinking negative thoughts. This is The Josh Speaks.You're watching The Josh
Speaks. For those of you who don't know, Scott has a mental health YouTube channel where
he shares tips and walkthroughs on how to deal with anxiety and depression. So, here's
what Scott had to say. It's so easy to let negative thoughts and harmful thoughts enter
into our mind. They come from our environment, from people, from past experiences when we
reflect on these things. So how do you create a shield to really stop these negative thoughts?
When you ask yourself the question "Is this useful?", 99.9999% of the time the answer's
gonna be no. No, these thoughts are actually making me worse so you're giving yourself
the power to create change in your mind by asking yourself is this useful. And how appropriate
is it to think positive when say you're approaching a new girl or guy. Because if you think about
it, your mind could be doing the whole "Oh, what if she rejects me?", "What if she slaps
me in the face?", what if, what if, what if. You go back to the question "Is that useful,
asking myself all of these questions?". Of course not! Negative thoughts have a tendency
to stifle you in acting any kind of way towards the situation. And it's not until you stop
and truly observe what's going on that you begin to see how of little use negative thoughts
truly are. I feel like when people are super positive, they feel like they're doing something
wrong. Like something's wrong with you if you're not positive all the time and energetic.
Positivity and thinking positive doesn't necessarily mean the abundance of physical energy. Being
positive means you're content with your own situation, you can overcome certain challenges
and you have a wide perspective on the life you're living. Contentment is what you should
strive for in your life all the time. Happiness is just another emotion, you're gonna be happy
when you do something that makes you happy. You're gonna be sad when something bad happens
to you. Emotions are always in motion, fluctuating. So if you don't feel positive all the time,
don't worry about it. You can make the effort to be positive but some days, for me, it's
just not happening. You just don't feel good. Be ok with not feeling energetic and happy
100% of the time, every single day, 24 hours a day. That's impossible, you're gonna burn
out. Here's the truth, no one is truly positive all the time, not even me. Everyone encounters
what if situations where they question what's going on. It's normal and it's perfectly fine
to do that. We're always aiming to be in that mindset of pure positivity whatever that may
be and we're always shooting ourselves down because we can't reach it for some reason.
And that reason is evident, not every day is going to be a good positive day. There
will be days where you feel like crap and that is fine too. Another great way to create
lasting change, to think positively is to, to kind of change how you talk to yourself.
Let's say you have a lot of problems, you're struggling to pay the rent, let's say you
have exams too, you're fighting with your roommate, you can't ask this girl out. Change
the word problem to the word challenge. That already makes me feel better when I switch
those two words because a challenge is something you can overcome. And once you overcome it
you feel good about yourself. Problem I see as something bad. I think of math when I think
of problems and how terribly I did in math class. Challenge, to me I think of sports,
I think of trying to win. Personal power. So next time you think you're having a problem,
think of it as a challenge. Language plays a huge part in how we perceive things. Just
look at what Scott said. By simply changing the word problem into challenge, we now look
at it as something that can be overcome rather than something that takes over our life. What
do you guys think though? Do you find yourself thinking lots of negative thoughts? Leave
your comments below and we'll talk about it. If you're ever feeling depressed, watching
Scott's videos will help you learn how to take that depression and express it in a way
that pushes forward positivity and acceptance in your life. As always guys, love and peace.
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