Dispelling Negative Emotions

A friend once said to me "right you've had your 75 seconds, now tell me 1 positive thing.."

Sometimes we can find ourselves holding onto negativity, whether it be a thought, a memory and incident or how another individual has made you feel.
According to author 'Russ Harris', 80% of our thoughts contain some form of negative content. So in the right context and for short periods of time these thoughts / feelings are natural. So it's quite normal to have them but the difficulty comes when we start to believe them and can't let go.

Anger, Jealousy, fear, resentment, frustration, grief and anxiety

By holding on we don't allow ourselves to move on and therefore can be stuck in what i refer to as 'sinking sand' It ends up dragging you down and drowning you.

Imagine that each time you hold onto something negative it anchors itself into the ground and you have to drag that wherever you go. And it just builds up and builds up and before you know it, it's like being stuck in quick sand.
Being in a negative emotional state for lengthy periods of time, can have an impact on your health, both physically and mentally by putting extra stress on your mind and body. This can sometimes manifest into sickness and disease.

If you hang onto negative thoughts, beliefs, memories in the end it can become too much to bear. So try and let go.

I truly believe that if you allow yourself  a time limit for this, your baggage will be a lot lighter.

These negativities manifest themselves in anger, guilt, self doubt, self loathing. All these can stop you from succeeding and fulfilling your full potential.
It's not a case of total avoidance...no...acknowledge the presence of that feeling/emotion. Without negative emotions it would be like living in a 'happy bubble' where everything is always happy and smiley
The challenges that we face and the bad experiences we have, can help us to develop in many ways and become stronger.

"turn your wounds into wisdom" Oprah Winfrey

The KEY is to start sorting out your emotional baggage, especially the more difficult one's. Start working through them one step at a time.

We all know that life can be serious, some things are avoidable. But we need to allow ourselves moments of joy, happiness and peace
Feed your soul with positivity-revisit things you used to enjoy doing, include a form of physical activity, try something new... 

Any positive changes that you make, no matter how small will change how you perceive and deal with your baggage and will start to produce different results.
There are a lot of self help books available on this topic to help you start your journey.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and please feel free to leave comments on topics covered. I would love for you to join me next time where i will be looking at methods to ease negativity and encourage positivity.

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