The problem might be internal AND external. I mean, if you spend time with people who are themselves internally stuck on a negative path, people who communicate only fear, despair, sarcasm, etc., then it's hard not to be overwhelmed yourself by these negative energies.
Realizing (after years) that you're surrounded by negative people is, IMHO, a big step toward more positivity. Perhaps it means that you've been very internally negative yourself during this time, but now you're seeing the brighter side of things and it makes you see the negativity when it's around you.
When I committed to improve myself a couple of years ago, I personally had to let go of a few friends whom I unsuccessfully tried to help when I realized they were extremely dark persons (just like I used to be). It was not an easy thing to do. But sometimes, when you try to go forward, some people will not understand what you're doing at all and will try to hold you back. With anger at times. You stop being in tune with them. If you explain what's happening and they give you the "you think you're better than me" attitude, I'm afraid it's time to let go and find new, more positive and interesting people. People with whom you can share things : give, and receive. Which is not possible with people whom there's no successful communication with anymore.
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