How can I become much less of a pessimist and negative thinker?

You can only get rid of your negativity when you put your energy into positive work! Find something that will motivate you and show you the bright side of life. An empty mind is a devil's workshop. So keep yourself engage. Start writing a diary, and pour in your thoughts and feelings, write about your dreams and the places you want to visit, and the things you want to do. Honestly I was a very negative person for my own life. I use to encourage people and friends and motivate them for their lives but for my own I was just so negative. Then I started writing, its been 3 years that i write my diary. I have written alot about my dreams, and many of which i have fulfilled.. Small small things which I have achieved and made me feel so much better. Also I read about people who are not as blessed as me, that also makes me have a positive look on life and that I wish to do something for them to make them feel positive :).. Try it out, I am sure u will start feeling positive in no time :) Life is short, live it, fulfill it !!

In life one need to balance his pessimism and optimism. On my own view towards your dilemma: is it a question of why are you pessimistic? rather indulge on how to become less pessimism in life. Why because once you know yourself more the more you can control your negative thinking towards situation. For knowing your true-self or inner-self lies your strength to become a positive thinker. Here are some guides hope it will help you: Why am i / what are the causes of my being upset, angry, depress, ill-motive, etc. and etc. what should i do about those feelings, thoughts that brought me to be upset, angry, depressed etc and etc. How should i cope with those feelings? How should i respond? This is not an overnight change its a lifetime commitment. Once you understand the why/s'... it is now easier to be calm and think it over on how to respond and in a way that its not destructive and could bring light at the end of the tunnel.

A lot of people tell me I'm negative, but I don't feel negative. I just tell people how things are. Quite honestly I see nothing grand in humans. It's this drab, superficial existence of miserable people pretending they're happy, while drowning they're miserable existence in reality tv and consumerism of pop culture if not medication and booze. However, if you look deeply into this bleakness you will find it to be quite funny, though puzzling at times. Anyways, just do your job, watch your tv, smile and act happy, as long as you put on a good show that's all most people care about.

I used to do that and always think negative. Then I started reading a very helpful book that made me look at things differently. I realized thinking negatively was not doing anything good for me. It made me feel terrible. I started thinking about things and I now keep a journal. I write 10 things that I am grateful for every morning and goals that I have accomplished in my life. And lastly goals that I want to and plan to achieve. It helps a lot! I hope you get more positive soon!

Don't let negativity drive into you. Leave them away. Don't let it attract you. If you see other people like for example having a fight, just stay positive that after that they will be okay. Don't think how upset you are but just be thankful of what you have now.

I am usually a pesimistic person too, but you know, if you think further, there is actually no use for think negatively, because if in fact it will negative, at least u not be negative before, think positive is better, because it will give you more spirits to live your life!

Negative thinking can be eliminated by positive thinking. The more you think positively, the more you become optimistic. Never say: "I can't do it." I-can't-do-it thinking will make you more unable to accomplish your task. Let me tell you something about brain. There are left-sided brand and right-sided. The right-sided brain pushes you to think positively. Your imagination plays an important role in shaping you to become more optimistic. If you say:"It's impossible to make money here." The result will be the fact that you will not make any money at all.

You can stop being a pessimist and turned to be an optimism if you will change what you think. To be a pessimist is all in the mind. Change what you think. Change what's your point of views in life. Read a lot of books about positive thinking. Read a lots of quotes about Positive Thinking.

The unconscious mind is a fertile garden, it will grow whatever you plant there, if you plant negative thoughts, it will grow weeds and briars, if you are mindfull of your thoughts and plant only positive 'seeds' there, it will bear much fruit......

I myself is also encountering negativity in my life. When frustration, loneliness and depression took over you, It is hard to think positive. We can avoid this by interaction with positive people.