Negative Thinking Can Make You Happier


	Negative Thinking Can Make You Happier

lifecyce1898

11-15-2009 9:14 AM

181 views

1 Comment |

Add a Comment

11-15-2009 10:27 AM

chestnut501

I guess most people don't do this automatically but I've always done it. However I skip the part of pretending I don't have something and go straight for being thankful for what I do have or in some cases, what I have left.

Good clip lifecyce, it made me stop and think.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from November 15, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f95cd81f-42d1-4215-995b-3c163bcc89bd/BB75BDE3-F554-4E44-AD60-028F481271F3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/" href="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/" style="font-size: 11px;">gimundo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gimundo.com/img/28A9114B-B515-4E75-8D63-0B4B9B053C57" alt="the thinker" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/"><P class="lede">We always hear that it's a good thing to reflect on the positive in your life. But according to a new paper, it can bring even more satisfaction to think about what makes you happy, and then pretend that it never happened at all.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/"><P>When you’re feeling down, traditional wisdom tells you to count your blessings. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/"><P>But according to a new series of studies published in the <I>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</I> <A title="(PDF)" rel="external" href="http://people.virginia.edu/%7Etdw/koo,algoe,wilson&gilbert.jpsp.2008.pdf" target="_blank">(PDF)</A>, positive thinking may not be the way to go after all: Instead, you’ll be better off imagining what your life would be like if one of the positive elements of your life didn’t exist at all.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gimundo.com/news/article/negative-thinking-can-make-you-happier/"><P>So next time you’re feeling a little bit under the weather, try thinking negative: subtract your partner, your children, your dog, or whatever you’re crazy about in your life, and imagine where you’d be without it all. It may leave you with a far more positive perspective than you’d expect.
</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BB75BDE3-F554-4E44-AD60-028F481271F3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips