Negative thinking puts a serious strain on the body in a way that distresses one’s physical and mental capacities. Here are six effects of negativity on the body that affect you in your daily life.
You put yourself at a higher risk for depression
Continuous negative thinking will force you into a mindset that no longer allows you to see the good. This can cause depression because you’ll lose the ability to find purpose in your life.
You lose your energy
Without positivity in your life, you’ll have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning or making time with friends because you just won’t see the point. Sadness sucks the energy out of you, which makes it nearly impossible to live your normal lifestyle.
Your stress skyrockets
Thinking negatively pushes you to consider all of the horrible “what ifs” in your life, causing you to stress over things you normally never would. You’ll reach a new level of anxiety that stems from the belief that you’ll fail at everything you do.
You lose your sense of reality
As your anxiety levels rise, you begin to lose your grasp on what’s real. You become obsessed with negative possibilities to the point at which you don’t care if the scenarios you’ve conjured up are even realistic.
You feel extremely lonely
Once you let your negative thoughts take over your life, you push people away because they don’t know how to relate to you. You also might find that you have a newfound distrust in others, which makes you lose any drive to keep up with them.
You become paranoid
When you choose to focus on the negative, you worry about bad things happening to you. Sometimes you’ll believe that your friends are out to get you, or that any chance you take in life will end in disaster.
Sources:
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/negative-thinking-affects-your-brain/
https://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/01/negative-thinking-the-cause-of-chronic-depression-anxiety/
https://www.mindvalleyacademy.com/blog/mind/negative-energy
