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Dealing with Negativity

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Although, I keep harping on the fact that you should be positive and avoid any negativity (in my articles), over the past few days I was overwhelmed by negative thoughts. It was such a painful realization to comprehend that no matter how much I tried, I kept falling down the spiraling stairs of negativity.
Everything seemed to annoy me and I mean everything! Now I really understand what some of you may be going through. I guess we just need to go through the feelings without trying to suppress them or force ourselves to be positive (because sometimes, It is not that simple).
Don't Force Positivity
What I realized is that there are some situations where you need to let yourself go through all those negative emotions and not force positivity in there. That said, this should not be a prolonged measure. For me, it took me about 3-4 days to get over the negative thoughts (around a lot of things). But then I made a conscious decision that I would keep track of how my thoughts take shape and if I don’t see negativity going away gradually, I should step in and take control to get rid of it.
 Talk To A Friend Or Simply Write It Down
To be honest I am still dealing with some negative thoughts as I write this article, but it does help to put your emotions into an article.if you prefer to write in your diary, do that. I guess it’s a good way to vent out your frustration and channel all that negativity out of your system.
Sharing personal experiences will help others going through similar situations too. If you have felt down and out over the past few weeks do share your thoughts with me if you feel like it and I will combine all your thoughts into an article which can help more and more people fight negativity and come out stronger!
The Yin-Yang
Also, have you heard of the Yin-Yang? If you haven't check it out. If we live by the Yin Yang, things start to make more sense and it will help relive our burden as we start to understand that not every bad situation is 100% "Bad" and that not every good situation is 100% "Good" to put it simply.
Do let me know how you overcome negativity (in the comments). I'd be excited to know! :)

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