9 Good Ways to Defeat Persistent Unwanted Thoughts

Life is full of stress these days. Each individual, regardless of his age or gender is under pressure. Students are under pressure of study, youngsters are under peer pressure and pressure of building their career. Employees are under target pressure of the company and the married guys are under family pressure. Nobody has a free mind; it is full of thoughts out of which most of them are unwanted. There is very few times where a person is free of thought or he is thinking positively. Each situation in life has dual possibility – positive and negative. The stress and pressures which people are tolerating these days incline them more towards negativity and unwanted thoughts.

Those who wish to get rid of unwanted thoughts need to make a commitment to them and follow these practices. Below are numerous ways through which people can release the stress and stop the unwantedthoughts coming into the mind:

1. Acknowledging the facts

if you can’t find the way to be with your destiny, you will be unhappy and surrounded with unwanted thoughts. Accept the way things are and don’t strive too much. Fighting with adverse situation is good but not upto a level of distraction. Leave certain things the way they are and stop worrying about them.

2. Treat others with kindness

The people who are close to you are very sensitive to attitude towards them. Your bad behavior or harsh words will make them feel gloomy. So always be humble to them because once you use harsh words against them, it will equally hurt you and the person in front of you and then your mind will be full of unwanted thoughts. No harsh words means, no negative or unwanted thoughts in the mind. No matter a person is close to you or not, related to you or not always try to be humble and gentle with everyone,

3. Talk more and type less

Some won’t believe that the mobile games or people in chat make us addicted to them. This is also a reason of unwanted thoughts coming into the mind. Free yourself from gadgets and talk to family more and more. Give them time and at least once a week remain totally away from smartphones, tabs computers etc. Chat less, play less and talk more. This way you will be to avoid addiction of games, chatting etc. and ultimately you will be able to avoid unwanted thoughts or thoughts of particular game or chats.

4. Take a break

Following a daily routine is OK but following it without any changes for a long period means inviting boredom and stress and ultimately unwanted thoughts. Always take a break and give yourself a treat every week or fortnight. This will help in releasing the tension in you and ultimately free your minds to think positively.

5. Time managing

It’s the most important thing an individual should do but unfortunately nobody does it. Just believe that once you start scheduling your life style, it will save lot of time and also make the things organized. Once the things around you are chaos free, there will be no unwanted thoughts in the mind and you will be focused towards your tasks.

6. Watch your Feelings

Sit back and let the thoughts come in, when they are in concentrate on each and imagine that they are marching out of your ears, eyes and mind like soldiers. Let them march out and they will vanish automatically. Practicing this many times will remove them all effectively. Definitely it will take time but nothing is impossible.

7. Note down what your mind is saying

if something is bothering you continuously, it will be good if you note it down somewhere instead of running away from. However it’s not as easy as it is said, but yes it is a powerful method to eradicate the discarded thoughts.

8. Perform Yoga and Meditation

Yoga and meditation is known to have the healing power for many diseases. While it strengthens the body, it also provides immense power to the mind. It gives power to keep away all the unwanted thoughts away and to increase the concentration.

9. Self-Appraisal

This method is found to be quite effectual in curing the psychological disorder of unwanted thoughts. Stop blaming yourself for what you’ve done in the past. There will be nothing positive in regretting but yes if can be corrected in some ways, try to find that out and do that, free yourself from the burden of unwanted thoughts.

It is expected that the above practices would help you to fight the unwanted thoughts upto large extent, still if the problem persists, consult a good psychiatrist.