We all have them. We may allow them to play on repeat in our minds when we know we should brush them off and let them pass by. We may allow them to ruin our day when really we want to actively defy ...

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 ...

Millions of men and women experience clinical depression every year. Being depressed is a miserable experience, as I know not just from my clinical work but from personal experience. It’s hard to feel ...

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 ...

On any given day, we’re bombarded with negative emotions and memories weaving webs of self-doubt and anxiety. These upsetting thoughts may entrap us from making decisions, paint our self-image ...

Anna Andrianova is a social worker and a member of Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec. She has received research grants from Laval ...

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Harrison Monarth is an executive coach who covers leadership. Does your mind often return to an unpleasant or stressful event?

India, Jan. 27 -- Today at least one out of ten is being the victim of catastrophising (expecting the worst outcome), overgeneralising (believing that a single failure defines overall ability) and ...

Don't think about a pink elephant for the next minute. Could you do it? Most likely not — that pink elephant was probably on your mind. Psychologists have long used this example to illustrate that ...

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 ...