The reason behind Negative Thoughts
By: Shashwat Prakash
Tags: Problems, Reasons Why, Negative Thoughts, Solutions, Negativity

The Reason behind Negative Thoughts

Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare

Have you ever wondered what causes Negative Thoughts? Perhaps you have been diagnosed with major depression, and that’s made you question why some people get depressed while others don’t.

To understand clinical depression, it is essential to understand that people don’t reflect reality.

Remember from the cycle of depression that too many negative thoughts, emotionally arousing introspections lead to over-dreaming, which leads to Negative Thoughts and depression.

What Are the Main Causes of Negative Thoughts?

There are a number of factors that may increase the chance of Negative Thoughts:

Abuse: Past physical, sexual, or emotional abuse can increase the vulnerability to clinical depression later in life.

Past physical, sexual, or emotional abuse can increase the vulnerability to clinical depression later in life. Certain medications: Some drugs, such as isotretinoin (used to treat acne), the antiviral drug interferon-alpha, and corticosteroids, can increase your risk of depression.

Some drugs, such as isotretinoin (used to treat acne), the antiviral drug interferon-alpha, and corticosteroids, can increase your risk of depression. Conflict: Depression in someone who has the biological vulnerability to develop depression may result from personal conflicts or disputes with family members or friends.

Depression in someone who has the biological vulnerability to develop depression may result from personal conflicts or disputes with family members or friends. Death or a loss: Sadness or grief from the death or loss of a loved one, though natural, may increase the risk of depression.

Sadness or grief from the death or loss of a loved one, though natural, may increase the risk of depression. Other personal problems: Problems such as social isolation due to other mental illnesses or being cast out of a family or social group can contribute to the risk of developing clinical depression.

Problems that occur Negative Thoughts

People often try many different ways to get rid of their negative thoughts, including distractions, diversions or ‘drowning their sorrows’ only to later mentally beat themselves up for being still stuck in their negativity. It can feel like a real internal battle. These are common strategies that attempt to stop the thoughts and numb the pain in the short term but they only make things worse in the long term. It doesn’t fix the problem at its core.

The research shows that struggling with, arguing with, trying to drown out or push away unhelpful thoughts only amplifies them and makes things worse.

The problem is not that we have negative thoughts. The problem comes when we believe our thoughts are true. When you are no longer entangled in thoughts they lose their grip on you and lose their power to generate unpleasant emotions.

Ruminating on mistakes made in the past often creates feelings of shame, guilt, and negativity. Feelings of worthlessness may arise when you play over and over in your mind, ‘bad’ choices or ‘wrong’ actions you feel you have made.

Negative thoughts often revolve around what’s wrong with your life. Your attention becomes fixated on and exaggerates the so-called negative aspects of your life. Here your mind will often downplay what is going well.

Solution

Always stay away from these emotions. So you never thought negative. Never run away from your problem always face it. And try to figure it out always.