positive thinking, law of attraction, or whatever it's called. i find it one of the most appealing theorical concepts in psychology, though, the most irrealistic in practice.
i find it funny, when positive thinking coaches, tell you that when you feel depressed; "just be happy", or "change you thoughts in a positive way", or " be optimistic", well i'd say that if i knew how to be happy, or how to bring these god dumn positive thoughts into my head, i wouldn't be depressed in the first place.
even CBT and psychology pioneers like david burns, and T.beck stress on the fact, saying positive statments such as "i'm feling happy and confident" is of little benefit, when you're actually telling yourself "i'm a piece of rat ****"... that's why CBT is the most effective therapy, cause it focuses on logical thinking, not Positive thinking.
bottom line is, what i think is, that the first step is to deal with the problems in a realistic way, than, positive thinking can take place, when anxiety and depression is vanished.
i find it funny, when positive thinking coaches, tell you that when you feel depressed; "just be happy", or "change you thoughts in a positive way", or " be optimistic", well i'd say that if i knew how to be happy, or how to bring these god dumn positive thoughts into my head, i wouldn't be depressed in the first place.
even CBT and psychology pioneers like david burns, and T.beck stress on the fact, saying positive statments such as "i'm feling happy and confident" is of little benefit, when you're actually telling yourself "i'm a piece of rat ****"... that's why CBT is the most effective therapy, cause it focuses on logical thinking, not Positive thinking.
bottom line is, what i think is, that the first step is to deal with the problems in a realistic way, than, positive thinking can take place, when anxiety and depression is vanished.