Negativity

They are what I call emotional vampires. They are so depressed and against anything that they feel like they are sucking the life out of you. I had a few friends like that and got rid of them. Every time I was around them I got sucked into their depressing world and didn't like it at all. It would take me a couple of hours to feel 'normal' again after I would hang out with them.

Honestly? I try to ignore them. Or at least the aspect of them that's so depressing. And i can always tell when i'm letting them affect me b/c i'll come home and talk about it and my wife will be like, stop being so negative. I work at a really big auto plant, and there's a lot of people there that are really negative about the company when they REALLY don't have any reason to be. There are thousands of people out there that would LOVE to have their jobs. So sometimes they get to me and i don't even notice, and my wife points it out and i go back to the ignoring them part. It can be hard, but people like that, can ruin your perspective on things around you, and i don't want that to happen.

You know, what amazes me is that my eldest son is like that. Even though I am not, he sees the negative in everything. Even if I do not see anything negative...he finds a way to say something bad about it. I don't know how he can do it...but it must be a rebellious teenager quality or something. ha ha How do I deal with it. Two ways....I try to talk to him and show him the positive side of things. And I encourage him to see things differently. Of course, he says that he still does not see it and I always have to end the conversation telling him that he has the power to change it. Second way I deal with it, I walk away. I have to! There are times that he is just so negative, it really begins to effect me and I can't handle it. So, I just have to walk away. I hope that as he get older and more mature, he will grow out of that. Then he will understand everything I have been working so hard to teach him.

Oh man, that is so my mother. It's hard to deal with her, I like being on the positive side of things and she loves to try to pull me down. I don't understand why she is this way, but she was the same when I was a child. I think most of my anxiety problems stems for her, honestly. So now, I talk to her everyday, but when she starts to become an Eeyore I just give her a cheerful goodbye and I call her later. It's not going to change her, but it sure does limit her effect on me. Outside of her, I refuse to deal with people like like that anywhere else. I avoid them like the plague! Like is too short to me so miserable.

It's hard, very hard, I know because my own mother was an emotional vampire in my life and was really negative and depressing--I didn't have a choice I had to live with her as I couldn't afford to be on my own back then when she was alive...my SSI Disability benefits were even less then...There's a saying, "Try to avoid negative or depressing or draining people as much as possible..if that can't be achieved don't let them get to you.."---Uh, right, sure--that's damn hard to do--If someone could tell me how, I'd like to know too!

Oh they're almost anywhere and everywhere! Always remember you are in control of your own reality. After all, perception dictates the way we ultimately see the world. You are in total control of how you choose to perceive the events that life throws your way. Therefore you are in complete control to how you respond to the events you go through. Just be straightforward and avoid being personal, remember the problem is their behavior not the person. Negative people are negative with everyone, not just you. You need to tell yourself repeatedly that it is irrational to take anything they say personally. Trust me, I've been there.=)

..by being as cheerful as possible and occassionally mentioning that there is creative power in our words.. and thoughts..

I have learned that there is no way you can really deal with Negativity, as it does happen around you each and every day. The only thing that a person can do, is always try to be Happy especially around the Negative people and don't let them get you down. If you are always Happy and trying to offer them a piece of Hope then maybe somehow something you do or say will rub off on them, and their attitude towards life will change.

Nothing like having to deal with Negative Nelly!!!! I tend to allow them to say what they want to say - but will remain listening with a smile on my face knowing that they can't get me down!!! We will always have to deal with negative people in some form - and it's a shame that they can't see the bright things in life - but never give in to their negativity - it's just not a good thing - that would be like supporting their thoughts - while yes you can always be there and listen - you just have to remember that the negativity is all about them and not you!!!!

to avoid negativity i believe one should have confidence in oneself and have a faith that hard work never fails, sooner or later it will pay back in some other form.anytime whenever you feel down and depressed look down those people who are also like you .learn from mistakes and other people how achieved all what they have wanted by their efforts and willpower.be confident and negativity will become colorful life

I try really hard to keep these kind of toxic people out of my life, but it's VERY difficult. VERY. So, I tend to just go with the flow with them. When they start in, if I show little interest in whatever it is they're being negative about, the conversation ends quickly. If I respond with positive affirmations or responses to whatever they're being negative about, the conversation either takes a positive turn or ends. Before, I would feed into it and it would really bring me down. I can't live like that anymore.