Author: Rukhsar Khalid
Optimist individual has a positive view of all the aspects of life.
Optimism is the positive thinking about self, world and future life. Individual
feel confident and hopeful for all the plans they make for their future. Hope
is the main element in the life of the individual that makes an individual
optimistic for all situations of life. Optimism is also known as positive
thinking. Positive thinking makes a person successful based on their thinking.
Optimism plays an important role in the psychological wellbeing of an
individual. The optimistic individual has high confidence, hope to achieve the
goal and handle all the situations that often occur unexpectedly. The
optimistic individual has vast ideas and can ignore bad or negative views about
the future so they can better adapt to their environment.Benefits of optimism
It develops a capacity to think and evaluate incoming information
It allows an individual to keep moving
Optimism develop the capability to pay attention and concentrate
It increases the mental functioning
It provides new opportunities and feels a low level of stress
Optimism provides healthier and long life and reduces the chance of
cardiovascular diseases.
It develops specific skills to solve a problem in a more consistent
manner
Impact of optimism to our Brain
The brain is the most complex organ, and it is the master of the body.
Development of the brain continues throughout life. The neural network is
formed when information is collected and passed from one neuron to another.
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that travel from one neuron to
another. Positive and negative thinking both create an impact on the function
and structure of the brain. Some chemicals are released when an individual
thought about any condition. When individual have positive views about the
situation, they feel happy, joyful, and optimistic. During optimistic thinking,
our brain produces serotonin, it regulates our mood and social behaviour and
simultaneously, it decreases the cortisol level in the brain. Normal production
of serotonin makes a person feel happy, satisfy, relax, feel less strain, feel
confident, and the person feel emotionally secure.
Positive thinking enhance individual capabilities and their cognitive
ability to pick a positive point from all the conditions. Individual feel
satisfied and have more options in life as compared to a negative thinker.
How to eradicate negativity and become optimistic
Negative thinker views every situation negatively and keeps negative
experiences in their mind that are not good for their psychological and
physical health. Optimistic thinking improves the quality of life of an
individual. It gives the chance to learn about new facilities.
Use your imagination
It is the process and the ability of the mind to form new ideas, create
new concepts through imagination. Individual who perceive every situation
negatively have best option to deal with such a situation through imagination.
If they imagine the situation in a linear way and positive way than it
positively impacts on the outcome of the problem. Through imagination, an
individual feels confident and motivated.
Changing the way you think
Try to change your thinking. You are the only who have a higher power to
change your thinking. Understand your negative thinking pattern and try to
change it with a positive thinking pattern.
Try to ignore negative thinking
If negative thinking hit your mind, then you should try to ignore it and
remain yourself busy in your home task and other activities. Ignorance will
help you to lead toward positivity.
Make good expectations
Good expectations give success because you rely on strong hope that is
not distorted by your negative thinking.
Find humour in a bad situation
Allow yourself to find the funny side in a bad situation. Don’t focus on
the darkest situation. Try to explore your problem. Don’t focus on bad comments
of people, ignorance and find funny side is the best option for making
optimist.
Focus on the present
Don’t make yourself worried by focusing on past or future events. Don’t
think that the present is the outcome of the past. Every circumstance is
different from one to another. So try to focus and work on your present, it
helps you to focus on a positive situation.
How to teach children to be optimistic
“Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an
impression.”
Make yourself a good role model
Children can pick anything that looks interesting to them. Parents are
the first role model of a child. Child depend on their parents before going to
school. So if parents teach good habits to their child and create strong
bonding, it will be helpful for developing a positive mindset in children.
Give them good story books
Develop a habit to read a good story that teaches a positive lesson.
Stories give a long lasting impression in the mind of children.
Make a good home environment
Parents are responsible for creating a good or bad environment. Parents
relationship problems create a negative mindset of children. A child saw a
fight and retain all the scenario in their mind and later trying to apply it.
Encourage your child
Encouragement provides confidence to a child, and they can attain their
goals easily. Encourage your child if they are making a good diagram. It will
develop good skills in your child.
Compliment their temperament
Give good compliments to your
child such as you are the best, you have the good ability about how to treat
others, your idea about that situation impressed me very much, good keep it up.
These are some compliments that develop good habits in your child
So optimism is the key to success. Individual who has positive analysis
about circumstances is the successful person in the present and also in the
future. Optimist individual knowing better about, how I can handle myself in
every condition, and this will make them a good and healthy person. An adult
has the opportunity to read different journals and keep them busy in different
activities. Finding a positive aspect in every circumstance it might be
difficult but not impossible. Optimist individuals work with objectives, and
they have a goal to accomplish their final product. Optimism assesses by their
future expectations, optimist thinks positive, and their expectation was higher
even they face the hard obstacles in their life.