The Positive Power of Negative Thinking

[Cayenne]

I enjoyed this and thought some here might as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/opini ... d=pl-share

[buckethead]

Great read. Thanks for posting this

[DrDonkeyLove]

I'm beginning to see a downside to every type of thinking and may just give it up entirely.

[dead man walking]

stick to fault finding and you can't go wrong.

[Thud]

I'm so far ahead of the curve on this one it ain't funny.

[The man in black]

Interesting. Positive thinking is awesome, positive thinking without any awareness of reality is delusional.

[Blaidd Drwg]

See also depressive realism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism

[cleaner464]

This would work a whole lot better for most of you - http://www.amazon.com/Training-Treating ... 78-4169924

[Protobuilder]

Not being controlled by your fantasies and dwelling in a place other than here isn't the same as negative thinking.

According to research by the psychologist Gabriele Oettingen and her colleagues, visualizing a successful outcome, under certain conditions, can make people less likely to achieve it.

Same kind of thing: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/gollwitzer/09_ ... tions_.pdf.

[dead man walking]

This would work a whole lot better for most of you - http://www.amazon.com/Training-Treating ... 78-4169924

thanks, but not a helpful suggestion.

my disorder is not merely "borderline."