To make your life a little happier, you need to free yourself from negative thoughts. At first glance, the recipe is simple, but how can you apply it in practice? Can a person really control their thoughts? To do this, you need to go through 5 steps.
Instructions
Step 1
Think about the other side of the problem.
The easiest way to control thoughts is to think about the opposite. If you are angry with someone - remember something kind and good, if you are excited - imagine yourself in a quiet and peaceful place.
Step 2
Reflect thoughts to reality.
Remember some of your bad thoughts and desires and imagine that it has become a reality. You really cheated on your soul mate with a colleague, beat up your boss, threw the TV out of the window … Think how much suffering this could bring you and other people.
Step 3
To abstract from your thoughts.
Present your thoughts in a slideshow, as if they are not your thoughts, but just individual pictures. They have no influence on you, you don't need to believe or rely on them.
Step 4
Find the source of thoughts.
Thoughts always have a source, and that source is emotions. Emotions are the body's response to an external stimulus.
To find the root of the problem, you need to grasp the emotion, look at it from the outside, understand it.
Imagine your thoughts in the idea of emotions, sensations. Emotions and feelings cannot be right or wrong until you translate them into reality. Just embrace your emotions and relax.
Recover feelings and thoughts will disappear.
Step 5
Fight thoughts.
There are a couple of ways to deal with your thoughts.
Come up with a word with which you will stop yourself, for example, "stop", "no". And if an unwanted thought crept into your head, drive it away with your magic word.
You can also get rid of thoughts with mini-corporal punishment. For example, put an elastic band on your hand and pull it back by clicking on your hand when necessary.
