Pessimism has emerged as a great psychological challenge in contemporary times .It is in fact sucking & bulldozing happiness in it's various manifestations. The modern digital age has aggravated this problem through it's various challenges. Pessimism has indeed a medical dimension, which can only be deliberated upon by subject matter specialists. The problem of negative thinking stems from cognitive distortions in our daily lives. Cognitive distortions are basically thinking errors which ultimately make us think negatively. The problem of negativity needs a holistic approach by involving medical professionals, preachers, intellectuals & members of civil society in order to tackle it more effectively.

Firstly, cognitive distortions are the fundamental ingredients of negativity. Every human being comes across unique & dynamic challenges in day-to-day life. We as human beings have been bestowed by innate capabilities by our Almighty to fight this negativity. But unfortunately, most of the times, we get overwhelmed by negative thoughts, which ultimately undermines our capability to fight these negative thoughts. We magnify our negative thoughts through grave thinking errors. For example, a patient in our vicinity has been diagnosed with some non-malignant tumour. There are patients, who do take these dreaded diseases as a great challenge to fight back. But what this particular patient does is that he magnifies this problem through thinking errors. He presumes this non-malignant tumour as end stage cancer & creates worst case scenario in his mind. Ultimately this person is overwhelmed by pessimistic onslaught & dies by cardiac arrest & not by cancer. This is what is called cognitive distortion. Similarly, there are innumerable examples, where people destroy their own lives by distorting their thinking in wrong dimension.
Secondly, the problem of pessimism cannot be neutralized alone by subject matter specialists . We have to devise multi-dimensional approach in order to arrest this problem. The role of medical professionals is of paramount importance in this respect. They have to take the lead role in creating basic awareness among common masses about this grave problem. They should involve preachers, academia , lawyers & civil society in their treatment strategies. There are pessimistic people, who do get relieved through effective faith healing. They do feel psychologically relieved, when they are encountered with preachers & faith healers. Educational institutions & community centres should be fully utilized in order to create mass awareness programmes in this respect. We should have sympathetic approach towards pessimistic fellows in our day to day lives, because they are facing serious psychological challenges. We should wholeheartedly encourage such masses in order to bring them on path of positivity. They should be given every possible support in order to undo their cognitive distortions.
Last but not the least ,let us employ our resources in order to defeat the menace of pessimism in it's every manifestation. Better late than never.

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