I appreciated the summary, but dislike the term “negative thought”. The term has connotations of the positive thinking industry, and it’s unclear from the term exactly what makes a thought negative. I think many people will interpret it as “thoughts involving negative emotions or negative judgements”, which I think isn’t right.
“Unproductive thought” or even “harmful thought” might be better? Although I feel this only clarifies things a little. What makes these thoughts unproductive or harmful?
If a thought leads to an action that makes the situation worse, I’d call it harmful. Maybe “negative” is not the best term, I didn’t come up with it, just used the existing one.
I appreciated the summary, but dislike the term “negative thought”. The term has connotations of the positive thinking industry, and it’s unclear from the term exactly what makes a thought negative. I think many people will interpret it as “thoughts involving negative emotions or negative judgements”, which I think isn’t right.
“Unproductive thought” or even “harmful thought” might be better? Although I feel this only clarifies things a little. What makes these thoughts unproductive or harmful?
If a thought leads to an action that makes the situation worse, I’d call it harmful. Maybe “negative” is not the best term, I didn’t come up with it, just used the existing one.