Trying to be positive and combating negativity
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45472)
India
November 8, 2020 6:05am CST
At times, we seem to be on a roller-coaster ride. Some days, we are enjoying so much.
Then, on some days, we seem to be in a mood where we think that so many things are
going down, or negative. A few days back, I could not sleep on time. I waited on a Sofa
and was awake more than normal.
Yet after that, I have tried to be active in things which interest me, or calm me down.
Sometimes I now believe that while we can do more for mental toughness, the actual response can vary from individual to individual. We cannot fix a single way in which one responds.
Yet, socially often, people do tend to typecast, and at times, others' perceptions do affect even if we show that we are unaffected.
And I would try to bring a more positive post next time.
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14 responses
@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
8 Nov 20
I knew what you meant. I had also the same problem. Especially when I have a lot of thinking to do on my plate. Somehow I will feel very tired the next few days and not able to respond to whatever that were thrown into my way as much as I want to.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@id_peace
So how did you come out of that state of yours?
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@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
8 Nov 20
There are days where I will make up my mind on the actions to take, there are days whereby I will resign to my fate and there are also days whereby I will seek for advise to see if there are any actions that I can take so that I can get out of the problem so that I will not need to keep thinking about the problem.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@id_peace
Helpful experience sharing from your side. Thanks !
So what's your regular routine these days?
@GooglePlus (3807)
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8 Nov 20
"Positive" word is considered to be one of the worst word of this year 
What happened ? You can share. 
Wondering what made you post this 
What happened ? You can share. Wondering what made you post this 1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
8 Nov 20
Attempting to keep a positive attitude is abott all we can do I guess.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@snowy22315
Yes you are right. Moreover, Mylot provides me a forum to share some of the challenges we face in everyday life. It does helps.
@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@marlina
Yes, as I read a saying "Life is what happens when we have other plans." !!
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@DianneN
We also have the festival times on. However, on many of these days, instead of providing relief, it gets more strenuous and somehow I do not enjoy it.
Plus some of the things we were used to doing earlier now seem so tedious with needs like mask, social distancing, sanitizing etc.
At times, it does gets crazy.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@piyushbhatia1
Oh ok. How do you tackle negative situations and thoughts?
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
8 Nov 20
I agree with you. we should shirk off negativity and embrace positive thinking. The power of positive thinking is enormous as it is being said. but our mind is not a push button thing, we can just push a button and it will work. It reacts to the happenings around and no matter how much you try to convince it will not hear.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@msdivkar
Yes at times, convincing oneself is quite a tough task!
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
12 Nov 20
@db20747
Good thinking! At times, we have to control our emotions and just take out the negativity in our minds.
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@arunima25 (85316)
• Bangalore, India
16 Nov 20
We all go through these ups and downs. We all have the same feelings though the intensity might vary from person to person. And also the way we react or handle a situation does also vary.
Most of your posts are positive and fun. It's okay to vent out and share your low feelings here.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
16 Nov 20
@arunima25
Yes sharing feelings here do help. Glad to know that you like my posts.
I have had some good times with most.
With one Mylot member from Europe, I had a tricky time regarding one of my IPL cricket posts.
She "blocked" me as per her thoughts, sharing something "unglobal" as Cricket is not fine here.
I replied that I will not accept any such "judgement" by someone who is not admin is uncalled for, of course in a decent way.
Well not all folks can agree with us.
@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@Janet357
Yes you are right. Thanks for sharing your views here.
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
8 Nov 20
Be focused on the bright side of life rather than the downside. I have done it before depite tha it is hard, but not impossible to achieve.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
8 Nov 20
Yes that's what we need to do all the time
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@Butterfingers
Yes, and perhaps just sit back and not worry too much at times!
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@GodServantme (1548)
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8 Nov 20
Its difficult to do that lots of negativity people here too??
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Nov 20
@GodServantme
I did come across a few negative people here on mylot, but very very few.
