It does come from the "www.spiritsite.com" so don't pretend to yourself they have any scientific authority whatsoever. Also, don't pretend that recognizing these certain processes that occur in your brain will suddenly make them go away. It's psuedo-science, it's psychic superstition to just assume that 'positive thinking,' that willfully choosing to change your thoughts from the negative to the positive when you recognize them will improve your mood or your patterns of thinking. You don't willingly participate in the negative thinking, the negativity just pops into your head as naturally as anything else does. The 'negativity' is caused by something else, not the 'negative thinking' that is...

It does come from the "www.spiritsite.com" so don't pretend to yourself they have any scientific authority whatsoever. Also, don't pretend that recognizing these certain processes that occur in your brain will suddenly make them go away. It's psuedo-science, it's psychic superstition to just assume that 'positive thinking,' that willfully choosing to change your thoughts from the negative to the positive when you recognize them will improve your mood or your patterns of thinking. You don't willingly participate in the negative thinking, the negativity just pops into your head as naturally as anything else does. The 'negativity' is caused by something else, not the 'negative thinking' that is circular and harmful. It is sad and pathetic how much money people waste on self-help books written by pathological optimists on how to quit being depressed curmudgeons as if there is some simple solutions. And these optimists are probably so intoxicated by their own giddiness about how great life is (for them) that they don't realize they are lying, scamming and letting down people who fund their care-free lifestyle. Above all, this assumes that someone truly has control over their emotions, like a free will of thinking. So what would cause someone want to be unhappy in the first place, or how come not everyone is happy? Like I said, harmful pseudo-science wrapped in enticing false-promises.

Actually, Insolent, I'm not sure of the evidence you're basing your Tom Cruise-like rant on, but if you're really interested in this stuff, you might want to investigate the clinical evidence in favor of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy. It's not "positive thinking," and there is a great deal of quantitative evidence to back up its claims (which are not extravagant -- it's strictly a form of mood therapy), which cannot be said for most other non-psychiatric therapy modalities. It's certainly not "pseudo-science" and it's not cheap self-help hucksterism either. I'm personally not a devotee -- I believe there are plenty of situations where it doesn't deliver -- but with all du...

Actually, Insolent, I'm not sure of the evidence you're basing your Tom Cruise-like rant on, but if you're really interested in this stuff, you might want to investigate the clinical evidence in favor of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy. It's not "positive thinking," and there is a great deal of quantitative evidence to back up its claims (which are not extravagant -- it's strictly a form of mood therapy), which cannot be said for most other non-psychiatric therapy modalities. It's certainly not "pseudo-science" and it's not cheap self-help hucksterism either. I'm personally not a devotee -- I believe there are plenty of situations where it doesn't deliver -- but with all due respect I don't really think you have any idea what you're talking about in this particular case.