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Intense anxiety, depression, guilt, and traumatic situations could ruin mental health. When you experience this kind of feeling, you are not only lowering your well-being, but you will struggle to turn everything back to normal. If it happens for some time, you will find it as an endless thorn path, which makes you lose to define which path leads to the right path. As you already know, difficult emotions are not easy to handle and not easy to go away. Trying to run away or ignore those emotions will only torture your mind and soul, makes you feel tired, feel small, have low energy to do anything, and so on.
Here are 7 ways that will help you answer that negative question inside your mind and move on to be the most amazing version of yourself:
Acknowledge the Emotions & Reset
Don’t just sit back when your negativity swallows you. Ask yourself and find the source. I understand you might think it’s tough to figure out everything. Rather than standing in the corner and thinking about what things you’re not performing well, you need to learn to figure out your imperfections. Try to find a glance of hope to find yourself a way out of the valley of disappointment.
How would others know and realize the light within you if you don’t see what you do best and your persona?
Try to figure out what things you have accomplished. What things have you done well? What things do I do now that would help me to feel better? Remember, it doesn’t have to be something huge. It’s okay if it’s the same as the others.
After you find the answers, try to reset your compass. I know very well that resetting your compass after a lose-match isn’t something that everyone does, failed once doesn’t mean that you are a failure. You just haven’t found the right way yet. Cut yourself slack when things aren’t the same as your expectations, and stop rejecting and blaming yourself. Instead of putting your total energy into looking down on yourself, try to apply some changes to your perception and habits, eventually changing the behavior and the result.
Redesign your Environment
If you don’t have the energy to move around, you can start by rearranging a small corner in your room. Realize it or not, our environment suffers when our minds aren’t in the right state. There is a saying, “the space around you is often a mirror of your mental state.”
So, if you feel down, and have enough energy, take time to look around your room, get your butts up, and start tidying up your place. How long has it been since you last cleaned up your space? Make your place to be a place where you will find comfort in it. You should feel welcome in your place.
Some of you might think it’s kind of irrelevant. How could tidying up a room will help us feel better? Well, if you don’t take action, you wouldn’t know.
Talk, Talk, Talk
When you read the third point, you might think, “are you crazy? How could I find the energy to talk with people that makes me feel at my worst?”
I haven’t even started my point yet. There are 3 ways to describe this point.
“speak to yourself the way you speak to others.”
If you feel like no one understands you, no one is taking your side, someone’s rejecting or blaming you, I want you to not put oil in the fire. If someone looks down on you, you shouldn’t think the same way about yourself.
Try to do a role play with yourself. Imagine that you are giving a suggestion or good words to your loved ones when they struggle over the same thing as you. This might seem awkward for a first-timer if you’re not used to it, but I have been practicing this for some time, and it works well for me. Before you take action, you should believe in yourself to set things right. If you don’t have this mindset, every point in this list will not work for you. When doing the role play, your mind will direct you to find the solution, just like you’re trying to help your loved ones.
The other method is to practice positive self-talk. If you keep repeating the words, it will become a mantra, eventually creating a new reality. Just as the word saying “words are power,” so, be selective about what you say, because the words that you say, you already put your thoughts in them.
“Talk with your trusted ones”
You probably will choose to meet your best friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, or parents, the ones you trust the most. Well, it could be helpful as well. It somehow prevents the explosion.
Role play is not for anyone. If you’re an extroverted person, you wouldn’t like the idea. Talking with others also has a connection with human levels of happiness. Suppose you’re not sure or feel worried, nervous, or embarrassed. In that case, you can ask “your loved ones” whether they have emotional availability or are willing to be a listener to you.
“Saying something nice to someone”
Practice saying one nice thing to someone you adored and loved. It doesn’t have to be lengthy letters or lengthy words; simple words can have a massive impact if you fill them with your sincerity.
Isolation and being stuck at home can worsen the relationship. If you are introverted, you will realize these things; become more introverted, hate social situations, avoid phone calls, and don’t enjoy chit-chat and water-cooler chats.
Somehow, you pull yourself away from any casual and unnecessary relationships. People around you might get hurt by your behavior, but you don’t even realize it. So, the conclusion from this 3rd point is that saying nice words can rebuild the collapsed tower and strengthen your relationships with them.
Self-Care
You can do various things, such as; a long hot shower, stretching, enjoying the time in the bathtub, maybe while listening to your favorite music or podcasts, or brushing your teeth to let the refreshing feeling boost your energy and drive your self-esteem. Try not to think about your “big problems” when doing these activities. Putting this into action will relax you and replenish your mind from the tsunami of negative thoughts. You also can reward yourself for all the hard work that you have been doing so far.
Suppose the reward still feels not enough for you. You can activate your reward and praise system by eating in your favorite restaurant, buying something you like, or watching your favorite movies.
The budget depends on you, but if you are a simple person, it wouldn’t cost much to do these things, so it’s worth trying.
If you don’t want to cost a penny, you can take a walk in nature and inhale the natural breeze. Walking along the seashore, listening to wave sounds, enjoying the beach breeze, taking a sip of coconut water, and enjoying the sunset or sunrise. Whether you take a short walk for 10-15 minutes around your place or plan a trip to escape from your routine and refresh your mind, it’s up to you. Visiting a new site and enjoying your me time without disruption is a blessing.
Divide into Small Parts
when you feel overwhelmed and lost in thoughts, most of you will feel like your burden and stress is as high as Everest. But to help you deal with this, I suggest you stop think everything as a big problem. Instead of feeling like you are facing a giant, you should:
- Break that mindset
- Drive yourself away from the big picture that you have in mind
- Divide the complicated things into manageable bite-size actions that you are capable of doing those things NOW.
Those manageable chunks might bring immense happiness when you start doing the easy stuff.
How?
When you accomplish one task, you can tick that off, and you’ll know the feeling and pleasure of crossing things off after you handle and finish that thing.
Don’t look for how many miles are still left in your journey. Instead, rearrange your thoughts, and figure out how many things you have finished well. Don’t forget to write your achievements and celebrate every small win or achievement to keep motivating you to be strong and keep moving forward.
Read Something
As you know, psychological and improving well-being topics are becoming a hot seat. Just like this article, some of you might already read a bunch of similar pieces that keep recommending you to do this to help you reduce your problems. Nowadays, it’s becoming a trend that people like to find answers to their problems in the digital world. That is why I believe in this sentence “if you read an article that contains subjects you like or something useful, it not only satisfies your eyes but will also calm and heal your heart. “
So, at this point, I want you to find an answer to something you have been curious about. And then, after you find it, without you even realizing it, that information will help you to reduce the negativity and open up a unique perspective that might help you to deal with your previous stress.
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You might be thinking when you see the last point,
It stands for “nothing,” if you feel like you need a break from all of this, you can do nothing, but don’t make it an excuse to stay doing nothing.
Doing nothing doesn’t mean that you’re giving up on everything. I mean, giving your mind and body enough rest time and a chance to get away and recharge your wholeness. Rebuild and fill yourself to regain productivity, focus, and concentration.
References:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-do-when-you-need-someone-to-talk-to-5089236
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-like-you-cant-do-anything-right-5218204
https://denvermhc.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-like-you-cant-do-anything/
https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/14309/feel-like-i-cant-do-anything-right/
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