Negative thoughts can catch you very easily. They attack you when you least expect it. They suck you into a dark and bottomless pit. What is your ladder out of this abyss? This is different for different people. See if these simple ideas can help you.
1) Keep Busy
An idle mind is a devil’s workshop. You must have noticed that you should keep busy always. For controlling your thoughts, you be engaged in your work. On a daily basis, have a place to go – whether it’s work, to the market, or a walk. Following a disciplined and healthy routine occupies your mind, body and soul. This helps to avoid negative thoughts.
2) Help Others
You can get a positive attitude when you help someone, known or unknown. Putting a smile on another person’s face gives you a sense of power. An ability to cheer someone up is, indeed, a gift. It makes you feel good. This will prevent negative thoughts from making their unwanted presence.
3) Integrate with Society
At least for some time in your day. Do you have friends? Do you partake in events that help you bond with society? When you get together for a common purpose with others, you imbibe the energy and intellect of the group. This makes you think of society at large rather than your narrow and small world. With a broader mental horizon, you are transported to a higher plane of thinking, where there is no place for negative thoughts.
4) Be Grateful
Count the blessings in your life. Very often, we make it a habit to complain. Sometimes to be funny or entertaining, sometimes to vent. Unfortunately, old habits, really, do die hard.
So, try to limit the complaints. Instead, speak about the positive aspects of life and express gratitude.
5) Follow Nature
With your mind, body, and soul. It is not a natural state to be unhappy or depressed, nurturing negative notions within. It is the unnatural lifestyle we lead, on a daily basis, that makes it difficult to remove negative thoughts.
So, go back in time to find the simpler you. Find natural ways to exercise every aspect of you. You could try yoga asanas to cleanse your body, pranayamas to purify your mind and meditation to sharpen your consciousness. These will lead you away from negativity.