We've probably all come across this type of person at some point in our lives, that someone who continually moans, the pessimist who, as soon as he speaks just brings you down to their level, my advice would be to stay well away!
As the saying goes 'Misery loves company' these people thrive by moaning and seeing everything bad in the world. Do you often see these people happy?, do they seem fulfilled?. NO, they may have some material worth but are generally miserable people who you don't want to be around.
Positive thinking is a great thing. When you focus on the positive aspects of your life, the negatives issues become smaller. The more you focus on the bad stuff and grumble about them, you are giving them far too much attention and the issues just seem to grow and grow.
What can you do?
Other than strangle the person, the best way to deal with this type of person is to counteract every thing that is said. Now its obvious that if this person is complaining about the weather and its raining outside, its raining, you can't say, 'its a lovely sunny day'....but counteract every negative with a positive. If they are griping about the weather say, 'well at least this summer there won't be a hose pipe ban!' For your own sanity, you really need to focus on positive aspects everyday. This is hard initially if, like me, you were used to joining in with depressing conversations, but it does not benefit you.
Think positive and be optimistic always.
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1 comments:
I feel so awful for having my blog after reading this, hahaha. But, you obviously aren't strict about this, and know that moaning about things can be amusing. :)
I like to think critically, as opposed to positively or pessimistically. An analytical approach is the best for a realist like me.
Michael.
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