Negative thoughts are parasites.  They live off the energy you give them when you focus on them.  Focusing on them is like giving them a transfusion with your own blood.  You become psychologically anemic as they suck the blood from your mental veins.  They become stronger as you become weaker.  You destroy yourself when you do this.

When negative thoughts pop into your mind, they are weak and vulnerable.  If you don’t infuse them with your energy, they die.  They cannot attack and suck the energy from your mind by themselves.  They wait for you to do the job for them.  The energy transfer begins only if you focus on them.  You start to wilt and wither as they suck the strength from your soul.

The solution to this dilemma is simple.  It’s not even a dilemma.  Don’t argue with your negative thoughts.  They go away if you don’t argue with them.

The problem is all your fighting instincts tell you to do just the opposite.  Fight, struggle, you can win this battle. That’s what most people do.  They fight to the point of exhaustion, and then they wonder why they lost the battle after such a valiant fight.  Every story you read about achievement and success tells you if you fight the good fight, eventually you win.

The story is true.  If you fight the good fight, you will win, unless you are fighting against negative thoughts.  There is a time to fight, and a time to let go.

When it comes to negative thoughts, it’s time to let go.  There is no other way you will ever get negativity out of your mind.  Fighting with it will not make it go away; it will only make it stronger.

Excerpt from :

Zero Tolerance To Negative Thinking : Good-by Depression - Hello Positive Mind

David J Abbott M.D.