How to accept your emotions instead of trying too hard to replace them with positivity
1. See negative emotions ,neutral emotions and positive emotions as gear changes. Some times from negative the aim is to make it neutral.
Neutral emotions are acceptance of a situation you find balance you are no longer negatively reactive.
2. Write a journal like morning pages just wrote down and don't reflect cover the negative and positive
Leave what you think on the page don't examine it leave that for another excercise
3. Define what my values are work out what's important to me , use values questionnaires
Instead look at what's truly important to me.
4. Use defusion just recognise that my negative thoughts are not necessarily me
Recognise that I don't have to fuse with my thoughts notice and let go
5. Instead use mediative techniques like breathing techniques focus on the present
This is about being present not positive
6. Ask questions of negative thoughts such as does this thought serve me? Is this thought true? why do I frame this as negative
Question the negative thought expose it to the light of questioning take away it's power
7. Lean into the negative thought. If it's bring pain what can I learn from
Don't aviod the negative go deeper and see what I can learn
8. Use pivots on negative thoughts instead be curious and playful this isn't podlsitive
Be explorer look for challenges go outside my comfort zone
9. Find a self help group and this community is about working together and you expose your emotions to social interactions
Be with people who will challenge you but won't judge you tough love
10. Go and seek different environments , because environments influence emotions.
We know this by the influence nature can have changing foul moods
11. Instead of trying to fight negative thoughts with positive thoughts instead go and move excercise
Excercise isn't necessarily a distraction it's a different path. Excercise take us to a different mental
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