Hey Herc,

Well I guess that the both of us are in deep do-do with the negative thinking style. Hmmmmmmmm I wonder if it's catchy????

Ok, I will sit there and write to you and tell you that it isn't so much of shutting OFF the negative thinking, as it is REPLACING the negative thoughts with positive ones. Now the interesting thing to all of this is.....You HAVE to be receptive to the new thinking pattern, work at it (sometimes a minute by minute) pattern or you will fail, and the negative will creep back in.

Another thing to do is to do something that you haven't done either in a long time or never before. Challenge yourself, do it, and then congratulate yourself for a job well done.

Writing out the positive things about what you have accomplished in your life. All of the good things that you have done to help others.

So now that I can sit here and tell you what you can do to help yourself.....I wish I had it in me to do the same. Fact is... I just don't care anymore. I have given up. No more hope.

I do hope that you can turn around your thought pattern. I kind of miss the old Herc. The one that used to make me laugh.

Hang in there.