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How to find inspiration in everyday life
How to stay motivated
How to cultivate a positive mindset
Avoid the "I just need to work harder" trap.
If you tend to react to stress by attempting to just work harder, try slowing down instead. You might already be trying your hardest.
By telling yourself the problem is not working hard enough, you're likely to close yourself off to trying new ways of coping.
- Example: People who respond to overeating by telling themselves they just need to try harder to stick to their diet next time. By attributing the problem to not trying hard enough, they try to solve it through willpower rather than seeking other strategies.
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"Remind yourself that you’re doing what you can right now given the circumstances and your resources. Practice flexibility so that you can take advantage of opportunities for change."
DR. FRAN VERTUE
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Use physiological self-soothing strategies.
- If you're feeling paralyzed by fear and exhausted by life, you're probably experiencing the freeze aspect of the "fight-flight-freeze" response.
- Develop a personalized plan for simple things you can do when your anxiety is high or your mood is low, like using simple physiological str...
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Regulate your rhythms.
- Bipolar disorder's core treatment encourages developing regular routines of sleeping, eating, socializing, and working.
- Regulating rhythms helps regulate mood and energy. This basic principle is true for people generally.
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When you‘re tired of life, recognize rumination.
- People thinking their way out of their problems can be adaptive but it's important to understand that overthinking in a depressed mood impairs a person's quality of problem-solving solutions.
- Recognize that the answer to your problems probably does not lie in doing more thi...
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Avoid the "belief in a just world" trap.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking, "If I'm struggling, I must deserve to be struggling. I must be struggling because I'm useless."
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