If you follow the fad of positive thinking, and start believing that everything is a matter of positive attitude, you may encounter a few unpleasant surprises. This is due to the following seven reasons why positive thinking can ruin your life. Read more at http://imprific.com/blog/@janjedrzejczyk/positive-thinking/

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The more you fantasize about your fabulous future, your
dream job, the loving people around you, and huge amounts of
money, the farther you get from making these dreams come
true. Studies indicate that such fantasizing produces negative
effects in many different parts of life—from academic
achievements to professional careers, to improving one's
health, and even to personal relationships.
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It was found that people who believe in positive solutions
for all problems are less likely to donate to charity. (Let's
not even mention meditation for the sake of victims and
the idea of sending them positive thoughts...)
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Promoters of positive thinking often state: "If you think
positively hard enough, everything will be
possible," However, such an assumption has its other side
of the coin: If something doesn't work out, or if something
bad happens to you, it's your fault because you allowed
some negative thoughts.
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The pressure of positive thinking can result in suppressing
any pessimistic thoughts or unpleasant emotions, because
"they might attract the bad things". This way you deprive
yourself of access to the complete picture and the full range
of emotions. You limit yourself from experiencing life in
all of its wonderful complexity.
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A study showed that repeating positive affirmations about
oneself does work, but only for those who already have a
high sense of self-esteem. For people with low self-esteem
this technique only makes them feel worse about
themselves.
It is commonly believed that positive thinking leads to
happiness and makes your dreams come true. That's not true.
If you follow the fad of positive thinking, and start believing
that everything is a matter of positive attitude, you may
encounter a few unpleasant surprises. This is due to the
following seven reasons why positive thinking can ruin
your life.
If you're sure that everything will be fine, why worry
about your health? This can lead to some serious
dangers for your health, and for your life in general.
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7 TRAPS OF
POSITIVE THINKING
POSITIVE THINKING RESULTS IN
SUPPRESSING YOUR FEELINGS.
POSITIVE THINKING CAN LOWER
YOUR SELF-ESTEEM.
POSITIVE THINKING CAN MAKE YOU
LESS HAPPY.
POSITIVE THINKING MAKES YOU LESS
LIKELY TO HELP OTHERS.
POSITIVE THINKING MAKES YOU CARE
LESS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.
POSITIVE THINKING LEADS TO
SELF-ACCUSATIONS.
POSITIVE THINKING MAKES ACHIEVING
YOUR GOALS MORE DIFFICULT.
Positive thinking generates unrealistic expectations.
The so-called experts on positivity fill your mind with
beautiful dreams. They say, "Think positively and you'll
become whoever you want, you'll do great things, and
anything will be possible". It doesn't work that
way. Positive thinking will not lead you to great success;
it may be a huge disappointment.
Research on this article can be found at
http://imprific.com/blog/@janjedrzejczyk/positive-thinking/