Negative self talk

I think that most people will do that time to time. Sometimes it's conditioning from our upbringing, sometimes it is our own insecurities. But, it is normal. However, people do not see us as we see our selves most of the time. We tend to see the negatives in ourselves, much more than they do. Try to push those thoughts away, as they don't help in anyway for your self esteme. I am sure you are a lovely, wonderful caring person. At least that is how I percieve you to be. Also, God has a plan in life, and events do happen according to His will most of the time, not always.

There are times, when I find myself thinking, that I am in a slump, and it is time to snap out of it, but I have never found myself being a "downer" to myself. I have tried throughout the years to take everyday as it comes, and build upwards from there. There were times, when it went backwards, but I just kept at it, until I passed over that hurdle. Some people, do let their negativity bring not only themselves down, but other as well. I find, those types of people so difficult, because they are like vaccuums to all the positive energy that other people around them emanate. I hope, that I will never reach that point in my life, where I will feel as though I must put myself down, but, sometimes, we never know where life's roads will take us. Who is to say how we would feel if our entire life and environment were shattered? Perhaps, I would be strong and courageous, and find myself inspiring others, perhaps, not. Time will tell.

no i always try to think positive. though i always keep the negative aspect in my mind as well

Well after reading one self help book by J.Fennel on the power of thinking I have stopped all negative thoughts entering my mind. I always push positive thoughts inside so that whatever happens in my life is positive. Thoughts do have power, more negative you are more bad your life would be so be positive.

I truely believe that I am just as good as the next person and not any better than anyone else it is called low self esteem when you have negetive thoughts about your self and the one way to over come that is to learn to be better than what you believe your self to be

I do find myself doing a lot of negative self-talk. Thought it tends to sound like my grandmother's voice in my head when it happens. There are just so many things I was told as a kid were wrong with me that it seems hard to be convinced that I can do anything now. When I become aware of what I'm doing, I usually go meditate to clear my head. Then I come up with some good things about myself, write them down, and make sure I put them where I can read them occasionally. I think that whether you think negatively or positively can have a huge impact on your life. It influences how confident you are, how well you perform in what you're trying to do, and how other people accept you, as well as "pushing away good things".

I do it sometimes. However, I think it stems from insecurities and growing up conditionings, from hearing it over and over. We do have control over our lives, to a degree, sometimes fate is there too.

Ohh yes .. all the time .. but then I generally can work it round until I get to the point where I say .. 'come on girl, buck your ideas up, you can do better than this' .. Generally then I can turn the negative thoughts to positive ones and find a way forward for whatever it is I've been beating myself up about .. I think you are what you make yourself .. if I was defeatist I wouldn't be as independent as I am .. I'd have given up trying to cope on my own long ago .. things can get bad, very bad, but somehow I do manage to get going agin ...

I think we all do that to some extent at one time or another. The important thing is that you realize you are doing it, so you can do something about it. I believe that it makes a big difference in our lives. When we tell ourselves that we are not good enough, we are setting ourselves up for failure. Positive self-talk can bring us back up and set us up for success. As the saying goes, If You Can Believe, You Can Achieve!

I have such negative ideas. I always try to push them away, but they always end up coming back. I am aware that such ideas are generally harmful to my own performance, but it looks sometimes as if I really enjoy thinking that way. It seems that sports help to increase one's self-esteem. I do cycling in summer, however I am not very active when the weather is cold.