How to Break Negative Thought Patterns

Today's blog post comes from Screenwriter, Director, and Producer Swati Chugh, based in New Delhi, India. --------------------------------------------------------------- Negative thoughts are extremely addictive thing. Whether triggered by an actual event, situation, or anticipation of events, it’s very easy to fall prey to their bleakness. They kind of suck you into them, and it’s like a never-ending abyss that you keep falling into. There is something inside you that sees the darkness as a familiar territory and keeps pulling you there. It’s an indicator of the fact that you have resided in this space for far too long or your mind is conditioned to keep falling in this space, and it’s not only welcoming but extremely enticing too. As you keep falling, there is this little voice that tells you not to fall and come back, but you tend to ignore it. The more you ignore it, the weaker it becomes, and then it stops speaking. So the only barrier that stopped you from going deep into these thoughts is also gone. I don’t think there is any person who has never felt sad, disappointed, frustrated, or helpless. Even the most positive of people have experienced massive setbacks, failures, grief, or helplessness. The easiest and the most idiotic thing to say to a person when they are upset or sad is not to be sad or be positive. It just doesn’t work. In fact, it’s the most counterproductive thing to say, yet most of us say that, forgetting that it didn’t work for you when you were in a similar state. So, what is it that would actually work, and why is it so important to get yourself out of the sea of dark thoughts that you so willingly have drowned yourself into? Let's dig in... [Continue Reading >>]( [Stage 32 logo]( Copyright ©2023 Stage 32, All rights reserved. 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #427 Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266 Want to change how you receive these emails? [Update your preferences](. [Facebook icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Instagram icon]( [YouTube icon]( [Pinterest icon](