[MonsieurFish]

ok. all of my life i've been one of the happiest guys ever. i'm a young guy, 18 years old, and i just entered my first year of engineering at the u of c. after the first couple months... i've been having all sorts of stress problems. at first i thought these were legitimate problems, but by now i've realised that the cause of my thinking is stress.

simply put: i'm not thinking straight. i think so negatively right now and every little thing bugs me and i am not convinced things are going to get better. it's affecting my relationship and it's absolutely crushing me.

i have had a few phases recently where i've thought normally again for a short period of time(like an hour) and i've done my best to remember everything i thought and how in reality.... this isn't that big of a deal. but then i go back to being stressed out and forget every good thought i had in my mind.

so how can i get over this hump. i'm telling you i was the happiest i'd been up until 2 months ago, and now i'm so miserable and so not myself and i realise it... i just can't change it. it seems like its become a habit.

i'm trying something called thought stopping to get rid of my negative thoughts but i just don't know what to do. any advice? thanks