Is negative thinking a disease?

Everyone experiences cognitive distortions sometimes. Here's how a therapist can help:

• if you want to change unhelpful thinking patterns, A mental health professional can help you develop a healthier inner dialogue. And that could be key to living your best life.

Your mind has a tendency to think of the negative due a variety of reasons, one being the negativity bias. This is where the negative things in life, have a greater effect on us than positives things.

If left unchecked, negativity can cause a whole host of problem...

When a person is suffering from depression or other anxiety and stress-related disorders, the tendency is to apply one experience to all future experiences, due to an overly negative outlook. This is known as overgeneralization and can worsen one's mental condition.

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