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You can do it!
There are a few things you should consider:
(1) You may have "programmed" your brain to automatically think negatively and to focus on failure. Your mind has hardwired this in over many years, so it will take time and patience to change into thinking in a positive manner. The good thing is that you trained your brain to think a particular way and you can train it again--to think positive thoughts.
(2) Don't be too hard on yourself. Just start out visualizing for 30 seconds or a minute and then go from there. It takes practice.
(3) You're mind will often get locked in thoughts on things that you fear. You need to realize this when the thoughts occur. Don't fight these thoughts (which sounds hard because you don't won't to think about them in the first place). You have to let them be. Don't argue with these thoughts, let them pass through without judgment. The more you resist or the more you have an internal argument with your thoughts--the stronger they will become.
(4) If you truly get locked in a thought loop, where you cannot get these out of your mind and you're constantly going over the same issues from day to day, you may want to see a therapist. Many people have a form of OCD called "Pure-O," which is obsessions without the compulsions. It is nothing to worry about and can be treated with therapy and/or medication.
I'm sure you can reach your goals as long as you stick with it. Best wishes!