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What is cognitive reframing
Reframing is a way of changing the way you look at something and, thus, changing your experience of it.
- It can turn a stressful event into either highly traumatic or a challenge to be bravely overcome.
- It can depict a really bad day as a mildly low point in overall wonderful life.
- It can see a negative event as a learning experience.
Reframing is a way that we can alter our perceptions of stressors and, thus, relieve significant amounts of stress and create a more positive life before actually making any changes in our circumstances.
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Reframing situations
When facing potential stessors, the way we view what we're experiencing can greatly increase our stress—or minimize it.
- Cognitive reframing is a time-honored, psychologist-recommended method of looking at things in ways that create less stress and promote a greater...
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How reframing affects stress
Using reframing techniques can actually change your physical responses to stress because your body's stress response is triggered by perceived stress, more often than actual events.
- Your stress response can be triggerd by ...
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1. Learn about thinking patterns
The first step in reframing is to educate yourself about some of these negative thinking patterns (like cognitive distortions) that may greatly increase your stress levels.
- Educating yourself about thinking patterns and how they affect people is important for layi...
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3. Challenge your thoughts
As you notice your negative thoughts, an effective part of reframing involves examineing the truth and accuraccy (or lack thereof) of these thoughts.
- Are the things you're telling yourself even true?
- Also, what are some other ways to interpret the...
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2. Notice your thoughts
The next step is to catch yourself when you're slipping into overly negative and stress-inducing patterns of thinking. Being aware of them is an important part of challenging and ultimately changing them.
One thing you can do is just become more mindful of your thoughts, as...
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4. Replace your thoughts with more positive thoughts
When you're looking at something negative, see if you can change your self talk to use less strong negative emotions .
When you're looking at a potentially stressful situation, see if you can view it as a challenge versus a threat.
Look for the 'gift' in each...
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Reframe stressful situations
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Reframing things in a more positive way can alter our perceptions and relieve our stressful feelings.
Cognitive Reframing
It's a method of looking at things in ways that create less stress and promote a greater sense of peace and control.
It means changing the way you look at something and thus changing your experience of it.
Exposure to Stress
Regular exposure to stress in small quantities can prepare us to handle a big stressful event in our lives. Prepare yourself for stress by self-education about the stressful event, by doing some physically stressful activities like completing a marathon, or something you dread, like giving a ...
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