Thread: How negative should our thoughts be?

we should think critically, rationally, subjectively, or realistically.
never negatively, please.

but no one plans on thinking negatively, do they? the negativity you describe is realism.
negativity would only see the bad side to something, while your version of realism sees all sides without bias. more clearly, that is.

Originally Posted by no-Name

we should think critically, rationally, subjectively, or realistically.
never negatively, please.

but no one plans on thinking negatively, do they? the negativity you describe is realism.
negativity would only see the bad side to something, while your version of realism sees all sides without bias. more clearly, that is.

You make a good point. Of course we should think rationally. What I personally mean by negative is, for example, I'll think about death and be depressed about that, start thinking about tangents off of that. I recognize that I'm alive and that that's better than not having life in the first place, but my thoughts automatically run toward the death thoughts and not the life thoughts. I'm not irrationally denying the positive things, I just don't focus my attention on them.