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                             How to deal with our Negativity


                                                    By Srijani Mitra
                                                                 perceive  at  a  time,  is  our  very
                                                                 ‘’own’’  negative  thoughts.  Such
                                                                 thoughts  encompass  a  whole
                                                                 range  of  suppositions  that  we
                                                                 usually  make,  like  “  What  if  it
                                                                 does not work out? “,” If I fail…

                                                                 “, ‘’ I might not succeed ‘’ – all of
                                                                 these  are  indicative  of  the
                                                                 presence  of  negativity  within
                                                                 one. It is actually quite a natural
                                                                 phenomenon  to  lean  towards
                                                                 negative  thoughts,  however  we
                                                                 need  to  balance  them  with  a

                                                                 positive        outlook,   say,   intact,

                                                                                                     the
                                                                                  let’s
                                                                 otherwise,
                    The  word  “negativity  “  has               ‘’homeostasis  of  the  mind’’  gets
                    multiple  and  varied  perceptions.          highly affected.
                    According       to    the     Oxford
                                                                 A famous quote by Paulo Coelho
                    dictionary  negativity  means  ‘’
                                                                 says,  ‘’  Fear  of  Failure  actually
                    expression  of  pessimism  ‘’.  It
                                                                 leads to failure ‘’, similarly fear of
                    might   seem  that  it’s  a  simple
                                                                 embracing  positivity  leads  to
                    word with a simple definition but
                                                                 negativity  which  further  causes
                    if  negativity  becomes  highly
                    operational  in  our  minds,  it’s           the  wear  and  tear  of  our  mind,
                    implications  on  our  lives  can be         body  and  soul.  Hence,  before
                                                                 analysing  our  negativity  as
                    perilous.                                    something  induced  into  us  by
                    We often are of the opinion that
                    negative reactions and comments              others’       negative       reactions
                    made  by  ‘others’  contribute  in           towards        us,     we       should
                    ruining  our  mood.  However  the            understand  and  fathom  the
                                                                 source  of  our  negativity  –  our
                    quintessential       truth      about
                                                                 own  “not so positive” thoughts.
                    negativity is that, the source of all
                                                                 Once  we  are  able  to  stop  our
                    negative  energies  that  we  might
                                                                 negative       emotions,       beliefs,





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