Where Does Negative Thinking Really Come From?

Hear it Here - bit.ly/3FooG0d

00:05:13 Your Negativity May Be “Hardwired”

00:07:38 But that Doesn’t Mean It’s Written in Stone

00:10:53 Authors, researchers, and neuroscientists Kahneman and Tversky

00:13:15 Countering the Bias for the Negative

• We can understand the problem of negativity on different levels, from the physical to the psychological to the spiritual, evolutionary, or cultural. The psychological and emotional level is the easiest for us to change.

• The negativity bias is an evolved human tendency that conferred a survival advantage on our ancestors. It’s the tendency to register and focus more readily on negative stimuli while ignoring or downplaying positive ones. If we are aware of it, we can take steps to mitigate its influence in personal relationships and decision-making.

• If you cannot rely on your brain to automatically and unconsciously look for the positive, then you will have to deliberately draw your attention to it instead. Use a gratitude journal and deliberately choose to focus on the positive.

#CognitiveBias #CognitiveDistortion #CounteractNegativity #GratitudeJournal #Kahneman #Negativity #NegativityBias #StopNegativeThinking #ToxicRelationships #Tversky #WhereDoesNegativeThinkingReallyComeFrom? #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #StopNegativeThinking

/home/russell/Dropbox/NMGMedia/Stock/JPGs/7578753.jpg