Cognitive Distortions - Part 2When something bad happens to you, don't conclude that it'll happen to you over and over again. This is what mental health professionals call "overgeneralization." Stay positive!For example, you break up with someone and you believe that no one will ever love you. Or you find a dent on the door of your car, and you tell yourself, "I'm always getting dinks on my car" when you've only had two dents on your car in twelve years of driving almost every day.Browse the +positive masters+ universe here at www.positivemasters.com for mindset practices, motivational writing, and apparel with inspirational mantras and designs to boost your happiness and counter any stress, anxiety, sadness, or anger that you may...
Cognitive Distortions - Part 1 Don't have an all or nothing thinking. Stay positive! The following are a couple of examples of an all or nothing mindset: "I didn't get accepted into the university that I wanted so I'm a failure" or "I lost my election because people don't like me." All or nothing is the basis for perfectionism. Such thinking makes you feel worthless because of a failure or imperfection. Absolutes don't exist. If you force your experiences into absolute categories, you'll always be depressed because whatever you do will never measure up to your exaggerated expectations. Pictured is our Positive Sign Logo Unisex T-Shirt, which you can purchase here: https://positivemasters.com/collections/t-shirts/products/plus-sign-unisex-t-shirt. We designed the positive sign on the shirt...
You've seen enough death to know that your time could be up at anytime. So work hard on how you want to be remembered as, now! Accepting your vulnerability that you could die at any time is not something you may want to think about. However, there's a way you can make it positive. You could look at your future demise as the celebration of your life: (1) The people you've touched with your love and kind gestures; (2) The positive impact you've made on others through your work on a service or product; and (3) Beneficial content you've created for your loved ones and the greater community. I've written down in my life plan, annual plans, and daily plans,...
You're not attached to negative people so they can't bring you down. Nonattachment is a practice of feeling the emotions that come with experiencing a negative person or event but being able to let them go so you can move past the unpleasant issue. 😊❤️ Combine the practice of nonattachment with the "Middle Way" so you can see the big picture in order to understand the negative person or event, even forgive the negative person or event. Check our 3-part series "Living the Middle Way" by clicking the links of our past blog posts below located at www.positivemasters.com👇: Living the Middle Way Part 1:https://positivemasters.com/blogs/news/part-1-of-3-live-the-middle-way-from-the-middle-you-can-see-the-light-in-every-dark-situation?_pos=1&_sid=b43b96f14&_ss=r Living the Middle Way Part 2:https://positivemasters.com/blogs/news/part-2-of-3-live-the-middle-way-from-the-middle-you-can-see-the-light-in-every-dark-situation?_pos=2&_sid=b43b96f14&_ss=r Living the Middle Way Part 3:https://positivemasters.com/blogs/news/part-3-of-3-live-the-middle-way-from-the-middle-you-can-see-the-light-in-every-dark-situation?_pos=3&_sid=b43b96f14&_ss=r +positive masters+ is an...
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