Are You Drowning In Negativity?
Counter the effects of daily negative forces
Do you feel like every day you are drowning in constant negativity?
Some days it’s hard to get out of bed.
The sun still comes up around us and if you look up into the heavens, everything looks peaceful, but here on earth there’s chaos.
After we absorb all the negativity surrounding us, it drains our energy and all I want to do is pull the blankets over my head!
Looking for comfort and direction from my mother as I did when I was a child.
My mother isn’t here to shield me from all the nasty things that are thrown at us each day. She isn’t here to help guide me.
Instead, I listen to the media and social media platforms and ingest even more negativity.
How much can you stand before you think your head is going to explode?
How Do You Counter the Effects of Negativity?
We all need some kind of activity as a buffer.
The year 2020 was filled with negativity and anxiety and we all added a new fashion accessory as a face mask.
A new market was formed for hand sanitizer. That’s supposed to make you feel safe.
So much stress was created when shelves were empty of toilet tissue and hand sanitizer. Remember those days?
Do you really need the government to tell you to wash your hands?
I saw a commercial for Lysol saying that it kills Covid. Why not buy Lysol spray and spray yourself all over with it?
A mask causes breathing problems for some people, also skin break outs and I don’t know about you, but I’m not up for adult acne!
More anxiety causes more negativity.
We are finally able to go mask less and see everyone’s face again, though in my area a few are still wearing a mask.
At no time in my life did I ever think I would experience America locked down because of a virus.
And being told to stay home and be isolated, don’t go out to eat or shop, more negativity and anxiety everywhere. Killing small business left and right.
Most of us cannot tolerate isolation and being alone for a long period of time.
Being without our friends and socializing is just not doable. So, if we are alone we turn to social media, TV news or whatever we can connect with.
The negativity flows like a river and all you get is one sided opinions.
Negativity Has Very Toxic Effects
When you feel positive, you will be more productive. You will feel confidence in yourself and able to be in control of any situation.
You must avoid negativity at all costs.
Pay attention to what you are filling your mind with.
Negativity seeps into us by the books and websites we read, the music we listen to and especially by the people we spend time with.
If all you hear and read is negative, then you will be more negative then positive. There is nothing more negative than the daily news. Try giving up the media for awhile to cleanse your thoughts.
This may sound like something you should already know, but it can be a battle. Easier said than done sometimes.
It takes effort to fight all the negative forces floating around. It is so much easier to follow the crowd and not think for yourself.
Listen To What You Say
Pay attention to what you say out loud. Your heart and mind hear you. You may need to clean up your language.
Good manners never go out of style.
Try to be more civil in your actions. Think about the effect your actions have on your life and others.
Practice being more polite to yourself and others.
Respect yourself and others by acting in the manner that you like to be treated.
Focus your mind on what you have control over and what you should do next.
Don’t spend time stressing over past mistakes or failures.
This causes fear to creep into our thoughts.
Practice Gratitude
Two very important words.
Look around at what you have.
If you think you don’t have anything to be grateful about then you should access where you are in life. What is your daily life like?
You must have an activity that you do daily that makes you happy and creates positive feelings.
There’s always people that have more than many of us, but there’s always someone who has less.
Do you hate your house? Think about the homeless.
Be Good To Yourself
Keep your body regulated by eating healthy and getting plenty of sleep.
You can’t be positive if you are run down.
Try to distance yourself from the negative people in your life.
It is hard to do, but we all have family or friends that are constantly complaining about everything and anything.
Nothing is ever right for them.
And they want you to view the world as they see it and they won’t be happy until you are just as miserable as they are.
I speak from personal experience here.
I had spent some time with another widow last year after my husband died and thought we might be lifelong friends.
Her conversation was constantly peppered with F**k this and F**k that and she kept telling me how she hated all people.
Well. Hello. I think I am classified as people!
She has a houseful of cats, 9 to be exact. I think she prefers cats to people.
Long story short, I moved and don’t have contact anymore.
I do not miss the foul mouth!
I would prefer another dog to spend my time with.
Try to spend more time with those that make you happy, smile and laugh.
Keep your spirits lifted.
Trying to stay positive on a daily basis is a challenge.
Decide to be positive and work on it daily.
We all have formed daily habits that are hard to break, so don’t expect to make changes over night.
Your mind is set to think one way and you will need to re-train how you think.
It is possible. So start today.
You can do it.