The Positive Power of Negative Thinking

Cayenne · Post by **Cayenne** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:09 pm

I enjoyed this and thought some here might as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/opini ... d=pl-share

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:40 pm

Great read. Thanks for posting this

DrDonkeyLove · Post by **DrDonkeyLove** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:36 pm

I'm beginning to see a downside to every type of thinking and may just give it up entirely.

dead man walking · Post by **dead man walking** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:49 pm

stick to fault finding and you can't go wrong.

Thud · Post by **Thud** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:19 pm

I'm so far ahead of the curve on this one it ain't funny.

The man in black · Post by **The man in black** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:51 pm

Interesting. Positive thinking is awesome, positive thinking without any awareness of reality is delusional.

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:56 pm

See also depressive realism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism

cleaner464 · Post by **cleaner464** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:49 am

This would work a whole lot better for most of you -

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:39 am

Not being controlled by your fantasies and dwelling in a place other than here isn't the same as negative thinking.

According to research by the psychologist Gabriele Oettingen and her colleagues, visualizing a successful outcome, under certain conditions, can make people less likely to achieve it.

Same kind of thing: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/gollwitzer/09_ ... tions_.pdf.

dead man walking · Post by **dead man walking** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:41 pm

cleaner464 wrote:This would work a whole lot better for most of you -

thanks, but not a helpful suggestion.

my disorder is not merely "borderline."

IGX

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