In my short time here at my college I have had my encounters with negative people.
Most people have these experiences, whether it's your roommate, best friend from home or a new friend from an organization, they all share the same common theme, the negativity that overwhelms their overall personality making it difficult to spend time with them or even want to talk to them.
We are all entitled to bad days, that is for sure. Even bad weeks but not a bad person. People shouldn't have to walk on eggshells around you in fear of being laughed at, mocked or make fun of. there is a difference between a negative personality and a negative day.
Throughout my time in college, I have found a few ways to improve my life even when I may be surrounded by those with negative attitudes. I believe them to be beneficial and overall helpful for almost anyone as well as very easy to do.
I like to think I start each day with a positive attitude, I know this doesn't happen everyday although sometimes when I feel myself concaving to negative thoughts I make the extra effort to counter those thoughts and emotions especially early in the morning because your morning shapes how your day will most likely turn out, attitude wise.
I also like to have a positive or motivational quote on my phone screen, because I am on my phone so much, I like to see positivity and fun colors when I check my time or get a notification.
When you have an experience with one of these people throughout your day, you can be reminded by your lock screen to be positive and not let others affect you.
I also like to have positive quotes around my dorm to be reminded of happy thoughts and positivity throughout my day.
The obvious solution is to avoid the person and limit contact is not always available due to circumstances such as a roommate or an assigned partner on a project. In these cases, I would follow with the suggestion below.
Occasionally, these negative people attack us. They bombard us with negativity and hostility all at once and it can be a slew of emotions from overwhelming to angry and everything in between. To combat this you must stay headstrong and try to block out the things you know are not true.
I try to stay quiet and simply sweep the comment under the rug. However, if it makes itself known again, I will address the situation with a friendly but firm response relating to the situation. Just because someone else is mad or negative doesn't me you should have to.