Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBT therapists look at how you react to problems and try to help you reset unhelpful ways of thinking, face your fears and learn ...

We all have them. We may allow them to play on repeat in our minds when we know we should brush them off and let them pass by. We may allow them to ruin our day when really we want to actively defy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ksenia Chernaya/Pexels Ever find yourself focusing on the bad in every situation? That’s a cognitive distortion called mental ...

We all know that negative thinking can fuel anxiety, stress, depression, and low self-esteem—and in a world where we’re bombarded with negative news daily, it’s easier than ever to get caught in a ...

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; ...

Positive thinking offers a variety of benefits. Not only can it improve your health and job satisfaction, it can make you feel happier and less stressed. So, why is it hard to keep negative thoughts ...

Anna Andrianova is a social worker and a member of Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec. She has received research grants from Laval ...

A new study has challenged the commonly held belief that consciously suppressing negative thoughts is bad for our mental health, finding that people who did so had lower levels of post-traumatic ...

When I am working with people, they tell me the most important thing they would like help with is releasing negative thoughts. I wish it could be so easy to let them go, but for many of us, negative ...