The Power of Negative Thinking

you are regularly or continuously trying to protect yourself from the possibility of failure and rejection, you cannot grow

find ways to protect you.

the same way that homes can be emotionally unsafe.

The ultimate protection is, of course, to leave the area.

Unsafe schools and classrooms

detailed biographical history

level and intensity

is the nature of the relationships

Because the prime need of people in our culture is to be loved, recognised, valued and accepted.

However, when people project their own needs and feelings on to the weather, then the weather can become ‘good’ to one person and ‘bad’ to another: a farmer who is crying out for rain will see the persistent sunshine as ‘bad’, while the holidaymaker will see the same sunshine as ‘glorious’ and the dark clouds as ‘bad’. Similarly, thoughts in themselves have little power to influence how people feel about themselves, or others, or life; it is the emotions which infuse them that are powerful.