Do you believe this?

Is this another trick question like the cockraoch eating contest? lol. Absolutely, you can change your thinking and change your emotions. They both come from inside of you. Several times I have begun to feel sad or even in a slight stage of depression, maybe because of something not working out, but I am so aware of these states within myself that I can completely reverse my thinking and begin to feel much better. Think about what you are thinking about. Many times you will find your emotions bubbling over because of what kind of thoughts you harbor in your mind. You always have the choice to think as you please. You are the only person that has control over your thinking. Think of great things and you will automatically feel good. It is really simple and profoundly true; the thoughts you dwell upon express themselves through your feelings and when you feel bad you don't want to do much of anything constructive. You feel like staying in bed or feeling sorry for yourself. When you begin to think of good things and feel great, the world is yours to command. I can usually trace my feelings to the thoughts I am thinking. There is always a connection between the two. If you can become aware of your thoughts, you can create any kind of feeling you want for yourself. There is no limit to your imagination and how wonderful you can choose to feel.

Yes, I think this is a true statement. There have been times that I have not wanted to go to something or somewhere because I think I will be bored or hate it and I end up liking it. So I have learned to basically think I will like something until I go and find out otherwise and I usually end up having a good time.

I believe this to be very true. You can take the worst circumstances and wallow in negativity, or you can look for something good out of it (ie: a lesson learned, or whatever.) An example...hum..... lessee. OK, when I first got the news that I had cancer and I was likely to go quickly, it was at first very devastating to my thought processes and caused a lot of negative thinking. That lasted about 2 days. Then I convinced myself that I would look at it differently because getting depressed about it was never going to change any of it. If indeed I wasn't going to survive, then I would want to spend my last days being the same positive person I always was before I got the news. I could choose to leave this world with my family having happy memories of my last days, and me having as much fun as I could. Happiness (most of the time) is a controllable choice. When we change our thinking and remove the (sometimes) endless circle of negativity, the happy, positive side will shine through.

This is something that has actually worked for me in the last couple of months since being diagnosed with depression. Sure, the meds have helped but a lot of my problem had to do with being very hard on myself a lot and not having the confidence or nerve to go out. I've still struggled at times with that but force myself to go out now even when I don't feel like it and I have a good time every time...you just have to crawl out of your own headspace every now and again and live a little and damn the consequences....LLAMA

it always works for me, i am a singer and when im not in the mood or a had a really bad day the show must go on... and thinking on how to make it on the hours of working with this mood.... i just have to go there and sing and smile. after the show my mood is different already

I think it does. It's a matter of mind over matter..so to speak. If you fuff and puff stewing over something it will continually make you anger. Change you thinking and it calms the soul.

The idea has merit but does not come with instructions on how to change. Imagine discarding/altering all the ideas that you've grown up with, all the values. It's a big ask and i don't have a clue how to put it in to practice to find out.

It can but it doesn't solve things or always work. I think the statement is correct to some point but it isn't based on everyone as it doesn't work for all. ~Joey P.s I can't think of one right now lol

I don't know if it really works. Today, I got up and I though: "Let's be happy, let's be smiling, let's pass my happiness to others!". In the end, I had another common day, lol. I think I gotta try harder, who knows... I want to pass a good impression to others, pass happiness, pass something that makes others want to be close to me.