Paralysis by thought, paralysis by negativity
People have the great possibility of thought, thought about the past and the future and in this they can predict outcomes of certain undertakings. But thinking about the future has a great downside to it. We overthink, and panic.
Soon after the first thoughts on beginning a new business or planning a world trip the “but what if” ’s make their appearance on centre stage in our mind. Our mind is capable of churning out thoughts at an astounding rate and there are always a few negative thoughts in there. The longer we think about something the more chance there is for negative thoughts to get the better of us.
Eventually we end up with a very sorry state of mind I would like to call paralysis by negativity. We get completely consumed with finding the negative side to anything that is said, any ideas that come up and most of all any dreams we have. Once in this cycle it’s very hard to stop it. Once this paralysis by negativity truly sets in we don’t see a bright future anymore, we don’t believe in change and we certainly don’t feel great about ourselves or our lives.
There are fine lines between states of mind. Unrealistic fantasizing, dreaming and life goals, realism and life goals, pessimism and abandoning goals and eventually paralysis. So, how about you and your dreams? Do you really see yourself living your dreams? Or is your mind pulling you down into pessimism about life and trying to get you to forget about it all because you can’t live your dream.
Creativity is letting yourself make mistakes, art (and living) is knowing which ones to keep.
I dare you, make a mistake, learn from it and live. Stop the downward spiral of negativity and get out there. Visualize your dreams and get to work on them. Now, without thinking, turn off your pc (yes it’s scary, I know) and do something right now to set another step in the direction of your dreams.
Yes you can!
I love your idea about the paralysis of negativity. If there is such a thing it means there must also be a paralysis of positivity.
I’d love to get stuck there. It’s probably a bit harder to though.
Nice blog.