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Bradshaw · 05-26-2008, 08:09 PM

Positive emotions seem to have a much bigger effect then negative emotions do for me but i do remember in the past where i would literally be consumed by negative thoughts/emotions/feelings(but this changed).

My best guess is that i simply "listen" to the negative emotion/thought/feeling(some of the time anyway!) to see what it is trying to tell me, as i don't think you should outright dismiss your emotions, and then i simply let it go, just like that. On the other hand i tend to wallow and dream and play around with positive thoughts/emotions/feelings waaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy more. Does this make sense? It's sort of hard to actually put into words the processes of your mind.

Ok, look, you can't really IM properly if you don't have a positive outlook on life and your frame of mind is in negative mode, that much i know. Well, you can, but it'll probably come out in a fear/guilty/shameful/etc way, or not at all. You should be in a positive or at least neutral frame of mind.

I'd say you should focus on being a happier person in general. For me this happened when i found joy on the inside independent of external circumstances and events. And with a creative and joyful mind, such circumstances and events soon changed to what i wanted.

I guess what i'm trying to say is that IM + Negative Outlook = Bad/No Results

05-26-2008, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bradshaw Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 578	Positive emotions seem to have a much bigger effect then negative emotions do for me but i do remember in the past where i would literally be consumed by negative thoughts/emotions/feelings(but this changed). My best guess is that i simply "listen" to the negative emotion/thought/feeling(some of the time anyway!) to see what it is trying to tell me, as i don't think you should outright dismiss your emotions, and then i simply let it go, just like that. On the other hand i tend to wallow and dream and play around with positive thoughts/emotions/feelings waaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy more. Does this make sense? It's sort of hard to actually put into words the processes of your mind. Ok, look, you can't really IM properly if you don't have a positive outlook on life and your frame of mind is in negative mode, that much i know. Well, you can, but it'll probably come out in a fear/guilty/shameful/etc way, or not at all. You should be in a positive or at least neutral frame of mind. I'd say you should focus on being a happier person in general. For me this happened when i found joy on the inside independent of external circumstances and events. And with a creative and joyful mind, such circumstances and events soon changed to what i wanted. I guess what i'm trying to say is that IM + Negative Outlook = Bad/No Results Last edited by Bradshaw; 05-26-2008 at 08:13 PM.