Oh don't apologise, please. Unlocked posts are unlocked for a reason. I love drop-ins, especially with good advice. Thank you!
I went to a hand-holdy, touchy-feely team-building thing a few years back when I was doing my PhD and, despite my general loathing of such things, ended up using a lot of the relaxation exercises they taught us for all sorts of things. I have this feeling they touched on positive thinking then too, but for the life of me I can't remember any of that part of it (maybe I was too relaxed to take it in, lol), so I was hoping someone would have some.
I've got a less than pretty negative spiral happening atm that could use a smack in the face. And simple sounds great!
Hi again! If I might share: I'm bipolar so I have a lot of techniques I use just for me. I don't know if you're still looking for ideas, but these are another three I use.
1) Pick one thing and clean it. Like, scrub it til it gleams. If you can't be happy about everything around you, take pride in one thing. so for instance, it might be the freezer door of your fridge or the side door window or, anything, but don't pick "the kitchen" or 'the car" that's too much. Pick one thing and make it the best it's ever looked. I don't know why that works, but it works for me.
2) Here's a touchy-feely moment. when you go to bed journal 5 things that were great that happened that day. No joke, I remember once writing "the toast didn't burn" because I had no great things happen, but as you keep it up, you start to focus on positive not negative.
3) Here's my religious moment: pray. Don't pray for yourself or for what you want. Don't make it a scary or overwhelming thing; and if you're not a pray-er then think positive thoughts for someone else.
When I'm in a negative spiral I go to bed for days, I feel your pain. =) I hope that you find things that help you slap that spiral back down!
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I went to a hand-holdy, touchy-feely team-building thing a few years back when I was doing my PhD and, despite my general loathing of such things, ended up using a lot of the relaxation exercises they taught us for all sorts of things. I have this feeling they touched on positive thinking then too, but for the life of me I can't remember any of that part of it (maybe I was too relaxed to take it in, lol), so I was hoping someone would have some.
I've got a less than pretty negative spiral happening atm that could use a smack in the face. And simple sounds great!
Thanks again. :)
Lizzie
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1) Pick one thing and clean it. Like, scrub it til it gleams. If you can't be happy about everything around you, take pride in one thing. so for instance, it might be the freezer door of your fridge or the side door window or, anything, but don't pick "the kitchen" or 'the car" that's too much. Pick one thing and make it the best it's ever looked. I don't know why that works, but it works for me.
2) Here's a touchy-feely moment. when you go to bed journal 5 things that were great that happened that day. No joke, I remember once writing "the toast didn't burn" because I had no great things happen, but as you keep it up, you start to focus on positive not negative.
3) Here's my religious moment: pray. Don't pray for yourself or for what you want. Don't make it a scary or overwhelming thing; and if you're not a pray-er then think positive thoughts for someone else.
When I'm in a negative spiral I go to bed for days, I feel your pain. =) I hope that you find things that help you slap that spiral back down!
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