{"id":7315,"date":"2014-01-14T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2014-01-14T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:32:54","slug":"how-to-handle-negative-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2014\/01\/how-to-handle-negative-people.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Handle Negative People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/files\/2014\/01\/Negative-People.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7316\" alt=\"Negative People\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2014\/01\/Negative-People-300x225.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>One of my mom\u2019s best pieces of advice: \u201cHang with the winners.\u201d This holds true in support groups (stick with the people who have the most sobriety), in college (find the peeps with good study habits), and in your workplace (stay away from the drama queen at the water cooler). Why? Because we actually become like the people we surround ourselves with. We take on their qualities, even as we see they are destructive. Negative people, in particular, prevent us from making positive changes in our life. Here, then, are some suggestions on dealing with a negative friend or relative in order to preserve your sanity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Wellness\/Galleries\/How-to-Handle-Negative-People.aspx\">Click here to continue reading this\u00a0post.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my mom\u2019s best pieces of advice: \u201cHang with the winners.\u201d This holds true in support groups (stick with the people who have the most sobriety), in college (find the peeps with good study habits), and in your workplace (stay away from the drama queen at the water cooler). Why? Because we actually become&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35,34,33],"class_list":["post-7315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","tag-how-to-handle-negative-people","tag-negative-people","tag-negativity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Handle Negative People - Beyond Blue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2014\/01\/how-to-handle-negative-people.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Handle Negative People - Beyond Blue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of my mom\u2019s best pieces of advice: \u201cHang with the winners.\u201d This holds true in support groups (stick with the people who have the most sobriety), in college (find the peeps with good study habits), and in your workplace (stay away from the drama queen at the water cooler). 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