Negativity

Have you found yourself in negative patterns of communication with others? Are you being negative?

People who are negative are always skeptical of suggestions, and tend to reject any advice. They think the worst as part of a survival mechanism.  Constant exposure to negativity can make deep inroads into your bank of positivity, leading you to become negative too.

Negative people:

• Often criticizing people

• Being attracted to drama

• Having a victim mentality

• Always expecting the worst

• Feeling depressed

• Taking things personally

• Dwelling on bad news

• Judgmentalism

• Controlling

• Demanding

So, how does one deal with negative people?

One of the most powerful ways to improve relationships is to simply be a more positive communicator.  When you become a positive communicator, the results can be transforming.

What to do: 

• Cut back on complaining.

• Don’t interrupt or correct when he or she speaks.

• Talk about how you’d like things to be, not about your dissatisfaction with how thing are.

• Give space when the other person needs it.

• Work on developing your listening skills.

• Share with one another something your grateful before bed or write it down.

• Never lose an opportunity to praise or say a kind word.

• Think before you speak or act.

• Ignore

• Focus on your own health journey and life goals

• Try to understand why they are so negative

• Take responsibility for your own happiness despite the other person’s negativity and maturity in how you interact with the negative person

• Protect your own happiness

• Manifest the positivity yourself

Be the catalyst toward positive communication in all your relationships! It may take time, but change can occur.  The fact is, people like being around positive people, so the negative person will, even if only grudgingly, have to appreciate your positive outlook and attitudes. People also like feeling positive themselves. So, as the negative person absorbs positivity from your presence, he will like himself better, and this hopefully will lead to a virtuous cycle of greater trust in others and optimism about the future.

Research from:  Dr. Raj Raghunathan Ph.D. Dealing with Negative People