Ever find yourself focusing on the bad in every situation? That’s a cognitive distortion called mental filtering, which is therapist-speak for you’re stuck in a negative thought cycle. Negative ...

This creates a powerful loop: a negative thought enters the brain, and, due to its distressing contents, the brain signals ...

A new study has challenged the commonly held belief that consciously suppressing negative thoughts is bad for our mental health, finding that people who did so had lower levels of post-traumatic ...

Positive thinking offers a variety of benefits. Not only can it improve your health and job satisfaction, it can make you feel happier and less stressed. So, why is it hard to keep negative thoughts ...

Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for your mental health, according to new research from the UK. Researchers at the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit determined that ...

Contrary to what is commonly taught in psychotherapy, blocking out negative thoughts might not be so bad for your mental health after all. Learning to suppress bad thoughts may actually improve mental ...

A longstanding core belief of mental health maintains that people must confront their fears to ease the anxiety and depression stemming from those negative thoughts. Now a new study argues that, for ...

Whether they’re positive or negative, our thoughts are powerful. When receiving feedback on a project at work, an athletic performance, or an academic paper, we tend to be more affected by negative ...

Many people experience negative thought spirals or feedback loops. The triggers for these spirals can be minor, but they can lead to major self-doubts and questioning our sense of belonging, skills, ...

Dwelling on negative thoughts can lead to depression and anxiety, impacting daily life and health. Harvard Health and other ...

Watching the success of others isn't always easy. Sometimes it magnifies what we perceive to be our own deficiencies and weaknesses. The proliferation of social media in our lives, where people ...

Scientists working with adults who fixate on negative thoughts have noted a link between this distressing compulsion and poorer-quality sleep, as well as shorter sleep duration. Prof. Meredith E.