When people talk about the happiness-related field of positive psychology, they’re talking about positive thinking, positive affirmations, and thought-based positivity.Positive thinking can be a fantastic way to relieve stress. It can encompass cognitive reframing to combat common cognitive distortions; it can involve a conscious focus on the benefits of a situation rather than its drawbacks, or on a focus away from negative events; it can include a conscious attempt to back away from focusing on the negatives in life. It involves optimism and gratitude and supportiveness, and can include positive affirmations as well as a determined effort to stop complaining. It’s based in large part on cognitive (thought-based) ways to attain a more emotionally positive frame of mind, with the understanding that when we think more positively, we feel better, and we operate from a stronger, more functional place within ourselves. It’s a way of thinking ourselves into better behavior and greater resilience, rather than behaving our way into a different frame of mind. Positive thinking can indeed help with stress relief in many ways.
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