For me it is hard getting out negative thinking.
Thinking positively is the way to go. Thinking
positive thoughts is really hard for me. It makes me frustrated to the point of giving up.
I need to accomplish positive thinking to get on
with the rest of my life.

It takes practice after all you didn't start thinking negitive over night so it will take time to teach yourself to think positive. YOu will do it just don't give up. Pray for that strength.
Dear Heaven Father give John the strength to keep going and show him how much you love him and he is worth not giving up/
Cover him with positive thinking and help him to take positive remarks when people give them to him.
We are worth it you died for us . In Jesus name we pray Amen.
You can do it John!!!!!!!!

I think it helps, to try and have a distraction (even something you can just think of, like a place you've been or want to go, or something you really love doing) and think about that for a while. I know it's not easy, but we have to keep our chins up. One day at a time, we can do it!

Typically when I am in a quiet moment, the negative thinking comes, sometimes about nothing specific except "doesn't it suck to have an anxiety disorder" or "when am I ever going to beat this thing". Those things are enough to get me anxious and if I give it, in just grows. My fight now is against it growing! I like that prayer...swanees can you give one up for me please! I typically don't have agoraphobia, my sleep is getting better, and in general I am less anxious then I have been in months....so I think in general I'm progressing, but I could use a prayer to help push me further along! Thanks!

I totally understand how you feel because I have just had a tough day telling myself positive things to make mysel feel better. I believe though that you cannot give up on yourself, you must continue to try to tell yourself positive things that will place positiveness in your spirit

Hi John- I'm new to the program (on Session 3). This session has been a life saver. My mind is constantly filled with negative thoughts. When it was suggested that we need to start giving ourselves positive self talk, my mind REBELLED! But I hung in there and it's working for me. Just listening to the Session 3 CD has done wonders. I can definately see that negative self talk has beaten me down for years. But now I have the tools to start giving myself positive messages and it feels wonderful. I couldn't do it without the CD's. This program WORKS and each session I learn more and more. Don't give up! Keep listening to the CD's! It really does work...even if our minds rebell against this new behavior at first! xoxo-Carol

I am in my second week of session 3. I did not write a lot of my negative thoughts down the first week so I decided to do it for the 2nd week. I am doing better writing the negatives down and also writing a positive for the negative. Since they said this is the most important session of all and will be used throughout the program, I wanted to get it down as best as I could. Lots of good information and I know it will all help if we just put it into action. Good Luck to all and God Bless!

I have had some difficulty pin-pointing my negative thoughts. To me they don't come in words, they are more like negative emotions or feelings. This is why I think I'm having difficulty. If I start feeling like an internal hotflash or burning of my neck and upper back I don't think to myself "... gees, I'm feeling some burning and internal hotflash..." I just feel it and my body reacts. What can help putting words to my emotions/feelings?

John - For me the positive replacements took quite awhile to become automatic. It was the repetition that helped and it didn't happen in just a few weeks. I went over my positive replacement thoughts so much I was sick of hearing them myself. Then one day the positive thought automatically popped into my head in lieu of the usual negative response, and I knew something had changed for the good. Be patient and don't get discouraged. Repetition is the key.

Practice, practice, practice! An affirmation I love that helps me is one of Louise Hays. I repeat it whenever I get those scarry feelings. "My future is glorious. I am now filled with limitless love, light and joy. All is well in my world." The more I say it the more I believe it!

Hi JumpyRN,
I can relate to your dilemma, because often times the same thing happens to me. A lot of my anxiety is directly related to how I'm physically feeling. But, if you are anything like me, maybe this will help. Even though I know that I'm not THINKING negatively at that precise moment, the physical feelings I'm having do scare me. Therefore, you can verbalize that by acknowledging that your negative thought is, "I'm afraid of these physical symptoms" And your possitive response can be - These feelings can't hurt me, I really am ok, This will pass. It's just anxiety.

I tend to get irrational when I'm feeling the physical symptems. I have to stop everything I'm doing to focus on HOW I FEEL. But remembering to think positively and sooth myself with possitive self talk has really helped me to start to get over the fear of the physical symptoms.

I really hope this helps you.

Today was my first day on session 3. I may have to spend a few weeks on this session because I want to make sure I get the positive self talk understood in my mind. Scary thoughts beware, your time is coming to an end!!

John. It takes work to train your mind to think positive. For me, the writing of my negative thoughts and replacing them with a positive thoughts helped tremendously. If you find yourself having a negative thought, and you don't have your journal, picture a stop sign going up in your head and replace that thought with a positive. If you cannot think of a positive, just tell yourself it is only a thought, nothing more. If you try to write down 20 things you are grateful for every day that, too, will help with your positive thoughts. I use every opportunity to work on my positive thought process. I still have to work on it - hourly - but it is becoming a habit to look on the bright side. It will take work on your part, but the work is definitely worth it. Hope this helps and good luck to you.
Lisa