I'm also the type of negative person who can't stop thinking negatively.
The characteristics of a person who is dominated by negative thoughts and memories are that an unpleasant event does not get out of his mind, he keeps saying that event all the time, and he feels like a person who forever talks about the past.
Negative thinking is a deduction method
People who are dominated by negative thinking have a habit of thinking about things in a "point deduction method".
In other words, it's a habit of not catching the good side of things but catching the bad side and counting the bad parts.
It's unlikely that everything in the world will be satisfying, but everything in the world will look negative because we will start from the bad points and count them.
In that way, he gets into a negative bias and ends up with the following.
For example, I often do it, but when I'm wondering what to eat for lunch outside, the ramen shops aren't lined up, the katsudon isn't because it's high in calories, the hamburger isn't because it's unhealthy, and the steak is expensive. I'm sorry if you don't like the feeling that you can't do anything, just list the parts that you don't like and deny them all.
Negative thinking is stronger than positive
In a study by social psychologist Leisure Wood and others, we investigated the reaction when given negative and positive information.
Regarding a certain operation,
・ It is said that he conducted an experiment to
tell Group A that the success rate of this operation is 70% and that to Group B that the failure rate of this operation is 30%
. Both have the same meaning, but they convey positive information to group A and negative information to group B.
Group A, who was reported to have a "success rate of 70%", had a good impression that this operation was "safe", and Group B, who was reported to have a "failure rate of 30%", was negative that it was a "dangerous operation". I had an impression.
Up to this point, it's as expected.
However, after this, it's interesting, but an experiment in which the opposite information was given to both groups again.
・ Tell Group A "But the failure rate is 30%"
・Tell Group B "But the success rate is 70%"
Then, Group A, who had a positive impression, heard the negative information that "failure rate 30%" and turned to a negative impression that it was "dangerous surgery" .
Then, the opposite is true, but it doesn't. Eh? I'm feeling.
Group B, who had a negative impression, heard the positive information that the success rate was 70%, but the negative impression that it was a dangerous operation did not change .
This means that once humans receive negative information, they cannot change their negative stance .
In other words, if you are dominated by negative thinking, even if there is good information or positive events, you will not be able to receive them positively and will end up thinking negatively, and you will fall into a negative bias.
So it's not good to be dominated by negative thoughts, but it's a story that says, "Then it's not good."
So, I will introduce articles that may help you to get out of negative thoughts and feelings, so please read them if you like.