{"id":1401,"date":"2026-01-25T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:24:40","slug":"actively-stop-negative-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/actively-stop-negative-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Thinking:  Actively STOP Negative Thoughts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1979501807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Negative thoughts<\/a> are things that most people really want to have, but it is possible to have them happen when you are not staying mindfully aware.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pain_screaming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1199\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pain_screaming-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"Actively STOP Negative Thinking\" width=\"278\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pain_screaming-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pain_screaming-900x556.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pain_screaming.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a>Whether it&#8217;s about &#8212;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>yourself<\/li>\n<li>the things you&#8217;re doing,<\/li>\n<li>your job or<\/li>\n<li>other people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>it can be difficult to get rid of negative thoughts once they enter your mind.<\/p>\n<p>In our next series of blog posts, I will include a number of techniques that you can use to stop negative thoughts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Practice <em>Actively<\/em> Stopping Negative Thoughts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you feel that you&#8217;re about to start thinking negatively, stop the thoughts before they have a chance to really kick in and take over your mind. 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