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Is this really a Myth?

When you’re down in the dumps, think yourself happy by focusing on the positive

It is true that our thoughts affect our emotions/mood. However, how easy is it to control those thoughts? Many self-help gurus claim that mind control of emotions is really easy and that it’s all within our reach. Scientists and other mental health professionals have supported and challenged this belief. The purpose of this blog is to analyze the popular belief that “When you’re down in the dumps, think yourself happy by focusing on the positive,” or to be more precise, “When down, positive self-talk will lift you up.”

I am an undergraduate student at Seattle University. I am a psychology major. I enjoy reading books and long walks during the sunset. I am an Aquarius. This is a class assignment for my class called “Popular Myths about Human Behavior.” I highly suggest you take it too. I picked this topic because I couldn’t believe that “When down, positive self-talk will lift you up” could possibly be a myth. So all I ask of you is come explore my blog, make comments, and discuss how you feel about this topic.







































Thursday, June 10, 2010

Why myth matter to me

Why this myth matters to me?

This myth matters to me because I have struggled with the issue of happiness for a long time. I’ve read many books telling me that positive thinking was the answer to me problem, so I tried it, and it didn’t work. Therefore, I can relate to the study in my Read this/Not that section that talks about the people who were placed in the study and told to think happy thoughts were it made them feel worse. I myself suffer from depression and believe anything that can make us feel worse shouldn’t be told to us. So I just want to inform people who are not able to change their thoughts the truth about this belief.
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