How do you be positive when your life is terrible?

[ihatemylife123]

[Squaresquirrel]

Yes, stoicism, Taoism helps
Also, you take an inventory what you don't like, and you start working on the items to change themSimple as that, although it requires a lot of mental energy. People say you should focus on the present but in this case you focus on your future.

[HighlyVolatile]

I take a lot from Stoicism but I might fail to think positively and productively if my life became terrible enough. I've become better and better though over the years at being able to calm myself down and find clarity and positivity when facing tough situations, but I'm far from a Stoic sage who would be able to smile and stay cheerful while being burnt alive.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HNo_cafMjAg

[HighlyVolatile]

The most powerful quote above as I see it is that the happiness of our lives depends on the quality of our thoughts. All of us will be tested this way with hardships and some more than others. Yet the deeper you progress towards a Stoic sage, the easier it becomes to find resilience and happiness from within, and less from external things like what you have and don't have.

Struggles can be increasingly seen and reframed as challenges rather than torture. You can start to base your happiness more around how you endure and respond to the hardships than the fact that you have hardships.

[DarkWinterNights]

One day at a time. Set short and long term goals and stop focusing on everything bad that happens. Find a stress release like physical exercise.

[joeldalton]

you stop whining about having a terrible life and start taking control of your life so it becomes positive.

[OddBeMe]

Don’t have to be positive. Be objective. What’s so bad about your life?

[Suiika]

hope.