![]() ![]() Here’s where the addiction took hold.Įach day, I would hope my thoughts would turn positive. Due to faltering attention, negative thinking reentered my mind. My failure to continue the progress which had gotten me to that point proved fatal. I hadn’t been putting as much effort into the development of my positive thoughts, since I had felt pretty good about the way I was thinking. Naturally, my thought process became positive, and it was much easier for me to remain in a positive state.įast forward to about a month ago and that’s when I noticed things begin to change. Over the next few months I grew stronger within my mind. I knew my thoughts and feelings were what I needed to take control of, and so I got to work. Up until that point, I had witnessed negative thinking come and go time and again. ![]() I became determined to use the experience to strengthen my mind. It was a scary situation to find myself in, but something inside of me switched. My girlfriend had just broken up with me, I was playing professional baseball in Texas, and I was alone. To help you understand my recent experience, we need to travel back a little more than a year. In fact, the very reason I was inspired to write this piece was because of a recent bout of negative thinking that I couldn’t seem to kick. I hate to admit it, but I have experienced this addiction on many occasions. But why is it that these negative thoughts grow addictive? What is it that keeps us coming back for more? ![]() These negative thought patterns that grow addictive cause incredible harm to our lives and wreak havoc on our performances. In fact, the root cause of most mental game challenges, such as anxiety, perfectionism, depression, low confidence, etc. Negative thinking easily becomes chronic, compulsive, and definitely harmful to our lives. People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences.” “A treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences. The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as: No matter what you may be addicted to, one thing remains constant: the uncontrollable nature (at least in the moment) of the addiction. You can be addicted to working, eating or gambling. For instance, someone may be addicted to nicotine, alcohol, or some other drug.Īddiction also takes place in the form of behavior. Whenever we think of addiction, most of the time it’s associated with substances. The consequences of which are dire on both our lives and performances. Yes, I believe thoughts feed addiction, and negative thinking is one of the most addictive situations we can find ourselves in. Substances can be addictive, but is thinking really something we can grow addicted to? We aren’t likely to associate addictiveness with thoughts. Now, I know it may seem unusual to use the term addiction to describe negative thinking. Our minds thrive off repetition, so the longer you allow negative thoughts to frequent the space between your ears, the harder fighting off the addiction becomes. The truth is, without intervention on our part, negative thinking will stick around for good. Have you ever found yourself stuck in a cycle of negative thinking, wondering when the dark clouds will ever clear from your mind? Well, as you’ll learn by the end of this article, you may be waiting forever. And for whatever reason, I’ve found negative thinking to be far more addictive than its positive counterpart. Did you know that thinking can be addictive? It’s true.
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