How to be a Positive Thinker: Without the Unicorns & Rainbows

A Chronic Voice
Thrive Global
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3 min readOct 11, 2017

Ever felt like a fraud when trying to ‘think positive’? Here’s how I reframe my thoughts to turn my day around without faking it.

Wait…What?

I woke up feeling like crap. One of those depressive days that arrive unannounced, bringing joint aches and other friends along with it. “Today is a bad day” was the very first thought that surfaced in my mind. And then, I paused to think about what I had just thought about without even thinking about it. You know, a subconscious reflexive…

A Chronic Voice
Thrive Global

Articulating lifelong illness through various perspectives.