How To Replace Negative Thoughts With Positive Thinking

When it comes to making changes in your life, it can sometimes be hard to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. You don't always get a say on which negative thoughts to pay closer attention too. It might not always feel that this is an easy thing to do as your negative thinking habits become so ingrained, but with some time and awareness, you will eventually replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Here are five simple ways to do this.


o First and foremost, to change your thinking patterns you need to decide to replace them. This means that you have to start by replacing all of the negative thoughts you have with positive ones, then you need to replace them with common thinking patterns. By doing this, you will soon begin to alter your thought processes so that they are more positive and realistic.

o Another step to changing your thought process is to try and identify the common cognitive errors that you have committed over time. These are the things that are affecting your thought process and are causing you to think negatively. To replace these with positive thoughts, you need to try and focus on the positive aspects. This means that instead of focusing on the negatives or the situation, you focus on what you want to get out of it and what you hope to achieve. This is one of the most powerful ways that you can consciously use your thought patterns to change your life for the better.

o There is one important factor that you will need to remember when it comes to changing your thinking patterns to achieve positive results. Even if you follow all of the tips outlined above, if you do not have a very clear understanding of why you are thinking the way that you do, it is likely that you will not be able to change your thought patterns. This is why it is important to understand why you are thinking the way that you do so that you can then deliberately work to change them. The ability to change the way that you think and the way that you feel about yourself is an excellent quality. If you are not aware of this, it is very likely that you will not be able to change your behavior or thought patterns into the ones that you want.

When using the thoughts replacement technique, you will need to make sure that you know why you are doing what you are doing. If you do not, the change will not be permanent. In other words, if you cannot change the negative thoughts that you have in your mind, it will be very difficult for you to consciously apply any of the positive thinking techniques that you have read about or heard about. To make this even worse, if you cannot change the thoughts but still think them, chances are that you will simply reinforce them and make them worse. To avoid this you need to be aware of what is going on with you.

For this reason, many people have found that they can stop negative thoughts easily by making a conscious effort to notice when they begin to form. When you notice that a thought or feeling begins to develop, you should immediately stop it and replace it with a more positive thought or feeling. This may be easier said than done, however, and you will probably need to try this technique many times before you find a method that works well for you. However, if you are consistent and continue to focus on replacing bad thoughts with good ones, it is quite possible for you to retrain your brain from a bad habit to a good one.

In addition to focusing on replacing bad thoughts with good ones, another way of working to get rid of the negative aspects of your personality is to focus on improving your cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are a set of beliefs and attitudes that can lead to you believing and feeling things that are actually false and harmful to your well-being. Cognitive distortions can include things like: assuming that things are always positive, the belief that others are too involved with you to be able to help you, the belief that people will not care about you or even that you cannot do anything to yourself. By changing your belief system to reflect these things and by consciously changing your behaviors, you can retrain your mind to feel and act a certain way. And you will find that this process can help you in all aspects of life, not just your personal life.


No matter how much you try, there is simply no way that you can stop thinking at some point or another. However, by learning how to replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts, you will find that your life will be much more enjoyable. You will develop a new sense of who you are, as well as learn to appreciate all that you have and love all that you do.