A couple of friends and I occasionally have TED talk nights where we watch... Well, TED talks.
This one came up in our queue recently, and I really wanted to share it because the information regarding what he refers to as "positive psychology" involves habits that I've developed in my life over the last year or two. As someone who once suffered years ago from depression, was misdiagnosed as a BPD and afflicted with occasional bouts of anxiety, my life has been on an infinite upward slope once I decided to meditate, practice gratitude and train my mind to think more positively. (In addition to eliminating negative people from my life, which he doesn't mention, but I will!) The power of positive thought is HUGE! And happiness is important, so you should work hard to have it.
It's short and he's hilarious so it's easy to watch.




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And to be fair -- positive thinking/meditation/expressing gratitude/positive interactions with people -- these things help me day-to-day, but I also had over a year of therapy when I was 19 and 20 during a time when these things alone would never have helped me. So I do know what you are saying. I don't think there is a "magic happy button" or anything that you can press in your mind, I just think that making positive attitude a habit is an important part of learning how to cope with negativity.
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