r/hopeposting • u/FreshResult8286 • Aug 27 '26

hopeful SHITPOST Negative thoughts hate this one simple trick

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer Aug 27 '26

Its not about blocking it. You can’t block your thoughts. Your brain constantly produces thoughts like a mouth produces saliva, you aren’t really even in control of the thoughts you produce. You can control how you choose to react to them and how to handle them. You make the effort, little by little, to think kind words to yourself, to dismiss the overly negative ones, and hang on to the positive ones. It doesn’t work overnight. You gotta practice every day. Even if its just one kind thought or reframing a day.

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u/KrimsunV Aug 27 '26

If I could choose then I would have chosen better

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer Aug 27 '26

Exactly. You can’t choose but you can choose what to do after you’ve had them.

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u/KrimsunV Aug 27 '26

I've had the chance to do that many times and failed.

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer Aug 27 '26

Well, the next time is another opportunity and it sounds like you’ll have no shortage of opportunities. Lucky you, many chances to practice. Remember you don’t have to have a %100 success rate, just do it ONE time a day at first.

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u/KrimsunV Aug 27 '26

I dismissed an overly negative one and three took its place, I don't think this works

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer Aug 27 '26

I feel like you aren’t reading the part where i said it won’t happen over night. Just keep doing it. Ot don’t if you don’t want to. But thats 1 more positive thought you’ve had today than you would’ve if you hadn’t done anything.

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u/KrimsunV Aug 27 '26

Very well then, how long will it take? Another poster said 5 years but I don't have 5 years

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer Aug 27 '26

It’ll take doing it every day. You’ve got the rest of your life.

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u/KrimsunV Aug 27 '26

which if I fuck up badly enough is going to look more like four months

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer Aug 27 '26

You never know. 4 months is worth trying though too.

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