Eliminate Negative Thinking: How to Overcome Negativity, Control Your Thoughts, And Stop Overthinking. Shift Your Focus into Positive Thinking, Self-Acceptance, And Radical Self Love

by Derick Howell

In fact, our brains are wired to look out for potential dangers. We remember negative events more vividly than positive ones. We instinctively look for negative things and imagine worst-case scenarios. When your mind is engrossed in negative thoughts, it becomes blind to amazing opportunities that life throws at you. It becomes blind to possible ways of solving the very problem you're worrying about. It becomes blind to the simple joys of life and ends up depressed.

Derick Howell, an anxiety coach with decades of experience, is here to help you.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Mental Health

119 pages, Paperback

Published May 2, 2020

Reviews

[Kelly Zilz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read this. Excellent book.

[Emerson Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

good tips but format a bit tough

I’m not sure if this is how most help books work or not but,
Consider the following

Header
“change something”

followed by a
Brief and vague analysis of what the header meant.

Now imagine that for 100 pages of different tips and tricks, most of which repeat themselves.

This book could cut the vague analysis, just leave the headers and then let the reader infer what the header means. Might work better.

That being said, a lot of the tips in regards to future thinking, and self love - useful!

[hana · Rating 4 out of 5]

kinda rewired my brain ngl

[Eli Jacobson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Made it through ~75% of the book and couldn’t finish… it was honestly that bad [in my humble opinion]. For starters, the chapters are thematic, but there is no sensible flow from one-chapter-to-next. There is also a painful amount of redundancy that ebbs through the various chapters. Lastly, the concepts are so simplistic that I didn’t feel like I was gaining any insight [or learning anything new].

I realize the book is about eliminating negative thinking, and therefore, a negative-charged review might reek of irony. That said, I felt that [for me] the book itself merely made me think more negative thoughts [like guilt for not finishing it as a bibliophile, frustration at the poor writing, pity that a friend had to waste any financial resources buying/gifting me the book, etc etc etc] than had I never opened the cover to begin with.

Respectfully suggest that you take a pass on this almost pamphlet-sized writing.

[Ligia Bonetti · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of humans most common trait is to have negative thoughts when challenging moments come along. Whether these thoughts are self inflicted or blamed on others they are the root cause of anxieties, lack of self confidence and worth, and most importantly lack of happiness or self fulfillment as a person. This is a self-help book with easy and understandable techniques and practices to avoid negative thoughts. By first identifying the cause and effect of such negative thoughts it illustrates you into how you can make an opportunity during bad and challenging circumstances or moments. To start, you must own up and recognize these emotions and control your mind. Not an easy task but yet as simple as practicing self awareness and being truthful to who you are, understanding who you want to be and owning your actions. Bottom line, it’s all up to you if you want to live a life with positive energy and vibes or subdue yourself in self pity and sadness.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I purchased this book during a period of severe anxiety and stress in hope that it would help reduce my negative mindset and overthinking. A lot of what is covered is common sense but it has helped me to focus on my strengths and see things from a different perspective. I feel more positive moving forwards and I’ll be practising gratitude and journaling to keep me on track.

I found it a bit odd that even though each chapter is only a few pages long there were chapter summaries at the end of each which were unnecessary. Some things were also repeated quite frequently but just worded slightly differently.

[Rob Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise and practice guide to recognising the signs of negative thinking, naming it, and things you can practice to break out these behaviours.

One you probably need to reread now and then if you've been stuck in a rut of negative thinking and need a gentle reminder of the things that you should be practicing.

Would have given it 5/5 if the author hadn't written such an egotistical and overconfident final thoughts section at the end.

[Leslie_skye · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 possibly 3.5 for me⚡️ I am a very positive forward thinker so this had tips/a guide to remember and follow how to eliminate negative thoughts and what’s going on in your body. Negativity, controlling your thoughts, over thinking, and stepping into focus into positive thinking, self acceptance, and self love. Anyone looking for a guide or something to help reinforce what they already know this is the perfect book☺️🧡

[Bianca Aranda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very surface level approach to alleviating negative thoughts as they come. A lot of recommendations were either incredibly obvious or easier said than done. I was hoping to end this book with a better understanding of how to combat negativity, but this felt like the same response you would get from google if you search “how to help relieve anxiety” and click on the first article you see. Not terrible, but not very advanced.

[Harbinder Mathadu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading this book

Beautifully explained, with practical tips from the authors own experience. Thank you so much for writing this! I really enjoyed reading it and found the practical advice really helpful.

[Josie Garrett · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very basic.

[Julzbeeline · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book seems to have been written by a high school student, at a middle school level. I was forced to read this for a class I took. It was an arduous read.

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good concepts but overall obvious content (and repetitive, even for such a small book). Also I’m not super fond of the chapter outline (not well structured).

[Denitza Kusheva · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 out of 5

Amazing book! Love it from front to back! Highly recommended for everyone who wants to learn how to overcome negative thinking.

[Kevin DeLong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple, some basic info that is common in many other books. But I really appreciated the self appreciate and self love chapters.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great quick easy read or listen on audible.

[Alexandria Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s ok - nothing new but some good reminders

[Samantha Clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an easy read. Makes sense, a good guide to help you get back on track.

[Nat Shore · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn’t enjoy this book , could have just written the summary from each chapter and got the point

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

i need a how to on reducing negative emotions

[Megan Y · Rating 3 out of 5]

terrible format but great advice, will be coming back to highlight things that i found particularly useful 👍

[Vanessa Dos Santos · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a christmas gift from one of my housemates because I was going through a pretty low moment. It's a very succint and easy-to-read self-help book. Although I didn't feel like all chapters applied to me, those that did were an extemely accurate despiction of how I was feeling and of all of the wrong ways I was trying to overcome said feelings, and advises on what I should be doing instead. To an extent, many of the suggestions start to feel a little repetitive because they are similar across the different forms of negative thinking. I'd say this is a pretty good reference book to open directly onto the page that applies at the moment. I might keep it to flip through if I ever need a boost.