How Negative Thoughts Come to Mind. Amanda is dealing with what psychologists call automatic negative thoughts, or ANTs. As therapist Dr. Russ Harris explains in the book, The Happiness Trap, the ...

Overcoming Automatic Negative Thoughts. Story by Sakshi Sethi • 2mo. I ndia, Jan. 27 -- Today at least one out of ten is being the victim of catastrophising (expecting the worst outcome), ...

When bothered by a persistent negative thought, you could do other things to distract yourself, such as watching TV, reading an engrossing book, calling a friend, or listening to music, to name ...

Ask yourself questions about the evidence to support the negative thought. Don’t trust the automatic negative thought – challenge it to break the cycle. Then, replace the negative thought with ...