How to Fight Negative Thinking with Distraction

''I recently led a webinar for Happify on Overcoming Negative Thoughts, where I outlined four strategies for loosening the grip negative thinking has on our minds. This article is part two of a four-part series reviewing these strategies in more detail. (See part one: Negative Thoughts: Friend or Foe?)

In Negative Thoughts: Friend or Foe?, we recognized that our negative thinking might be carrying a message we need to hear. But this is hardly always the case. Many times, our negative thoughts are not only false, but getting in our way, like when you tell yourself “I can’t do this” when you feel overwhelmed but are actually capable of the task in front of you. These negative thoughts can limit our potential, shake our confidence, and ruin an otherwise enjoyable experience...''

by Derrick Carpenter