Inspirational quotes and self-help books aren’t
always right when they tell you to think positive, as
the new episode of Braincraft explains.
The internet loves to tell you to think positively - “She
believed she could, so she did!” and similar positive
affirmations are plastered all over Instagram and Facebook
walls daily.
But despite the hype, positive thinking may not be that great for everyone, studies suggest. In fact, research has shown that visualising success can actually cause people to fail,
as Vanessa Hill explains in the latest episode of Braincraft.
In one study, participants with high and low self esteem
were told to repeat the phrase “I’m a loveable person”.
Researchers then measured the mood and feelings of the
volunteers, and found that those with low self esteem
actually felt worse about themselves after repeating all the
positive affirmations, and those with high self esteem only
felt marginally better.
In a follow-up study, those with low self esteem were asked
to list negative self thoughts alongside positive self
thoughts, and they ended up feeling better.
This is because of something known as latitudes of
acceptance, Vanessa explains , which basically means that
messages closer to our position or beliefs are more
persuasive to us than those that aren’t. And messages
outside our latitude of acceptance, such as being loveable
when you have low self esteem, are often powerfully
rejected and just end up more strongly reinforcing what we
already believe.
Other research has shown that thinking you're going to
succeed, without thinking about how you'll get there, can
decrease motivation and drain our ambition. And those who
visualise the coming week positively often feel less
energised than those who picture it going negatively, and
they also achieve less goals. But of course, we're all
different, and we all respond in varying ways to positive
visualisation.
And don’t forget, while we’re generally pretty upbeat here at
ScienceAlert, the occasional negative thought can be
motivational too.
Source: Braincraft

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Why NEGATIVE Thinking Can be Good for You

in short, we should be thinking negatively, nice research uhn, keep it up

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