Do you ever have a hard time living in the moment? Trust me you're not the only one. Often we tend to teach ourselves to never savor the good days or experiences we have but to worry about when this peak will plunge to an end which is not quality of life. Research showed that the ability to experience and savor positive moments is the thing that improves the ability to deal with distress. So, the ability to be able to point out the positives in a situation shows someone has that self efficiency. Also, research from Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, says that experiencing these positive feelings and emotions increases the chance of you achieving your goals not set you up for disappointment. Although it may seem like you're preparing yourself for potential challenges, all it does is cause that anxiety of "what if?" You will conquer those conquests whenever they come! Some ways to help worrying include: Focus on values, not goals! It's easy to fall in the hole of debating your worth by the achievements you have already reached.No more seeing your hard work as “luck." When you downplay your accomplishments and skills it makes you think there will always be a negative outcome and it makes you skip that power of self-efficacy or how capable you are to do something. Having that mindset that you have the capacity to shape your life and rely on yourself to conquer your emotions effectively. And as said before, Worrying will take away present joy. Learning to accept that you won’t always be prepared for potential challenges/battles will teach you to focus on what is happening now and get to those conquests when they come because you don’t even know if they are! There is always the option of putting some time into meditation, I know sounds like a waste of time but it seriously can help. This can improve your ability to live right in the moment and enjoy it. When our brains worry it makes our body tense and uneasy, meditation helps relieve that tension by quieting both our mind and body to relaxation. The way I stop the worrying from controlling my life is I keep myself busy. Exercise, draw, homework, go for a walk, and hanging out with friends may take those worrying thoughts to the dump. Help yourself out! Stop worrying. - Mariah Paddack
Proulx, N. (2019, October 25). Are You a Worrier? Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/learning/are-you-a-worrier.html.
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