
15/07/2025
‘I was drained and overwhelmed by life - here’s what I did to quick-fix my negativity bias.’
GH’s Anniki Sommerville explains how she learnt to think differently about the world…
“Our thoughts are in fact the only thing we can control in our life”
‘Our thoughts are the only thing we can control in our life - it’s a muscle we need to exercise via being more present,’ says Lydia Johnson, hypnotherapist and founder of the ‘London Clinic of Hypnotherapy. The problem is that the propensity to lean into the negative is also shaped by our childhood. ‘Parents can be big influences,’ says Lydia. ‘If they’re sharing a view of the world which is through a negative lens, we will inherit it.’ I love my mum and she was an inspiration in so many ways, but she was often quick to point out what might go wrong in any given scenario when I was growing up. This is also something I’ve drummed into my own kids (but am trying to work on). According to a study conducted to the National Science Foundation, the average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those thousands of thoughts, 80% were negative, and 95% exactly the same repetitive thoughts as the day before. Slightly sobering right!
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