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Stress and anxiety are part of a normal and natural survival strategy. But we are not designed for constant stress. This causes negative impacts on the mind and body. Function at work suffers, relationships and families are affected and the immune function also decreases . We can “Re-Live” threats from the past and in our memories we can re-create the thoughts and feelings of those events. Or we can “Pre-Live” events by worrying about imagined futures. Much of our thinking is driven by the media, this is fuelling stress, anxiety and negatively affects us. The media are dividing us and creating an environment of hate and fear.
(CBT) has more evidence supporting it than any other psychological therapy . We tend to focus on the things that are “going wrong” rather than those areas where we are doing well. Jo helps change the lens through which her clients view things and to see areas they might be missing. IT IS ALWAYS SOLVABLE!
While understanding the past can be very helpful and important, CBT also gives things for people to do. “Third Wave'' therapies, offer holistic view of promoting health and well-being rather than the reduction or elimination of symptoms. Mindfulness of where holding tension. Breathing (long exhales) help release. Allow ourselves to feel our emotions. A mindful walk is a favourite. Being outside and seeing the sky can remind us of the Bigger Picture.
Parasympathetic allows physical relaxing and then we can work on the “Thinking” side of things, more coherent and get an idea of “what is really going on right now?”.
The Lead Up comes before the Start. We can learn to detect states and feelings before we are triggered. Problems are never in isolation. Every stress is cumulative and our bandwidth for dealing with them is so small right now. With multiple stressors our brain is trying to find out “The Thing” causing our stress, when actually it's almost never one thing. This is very much part of the medical model of finding that “One Thing” and the “One Pill” to fix it.
“WHAT DO I REALLY NEED TO DO TO HEAL MYSELF?”
We know our minds and bodies are one. Dramatic early changes are possible but consistency is very important. Without practice our mind will default to the old patterns. It’s not about whether we fall off the horse but how many times we get back on. Don’t dwell on the failures. We need to be gentle with ourselves and develop a more compassionate mind and recognise it's OK to fail. Consider the idea of building in capacity for down times and being more flexible in plans. Things are harder when we do them alone. Buddying up with people, support networks and communities can help. Join the revolution and say “Fuck it!”
Contact: tim.thenaturalyou@gmail.com Instagram Facebook
Producer Matthew Wood - mw250204@gmail.com
Music by MarkJuly from Pixabay
https://joannarodriguez.co.uk Fuck it Friday https://www.instagram.com/straightforwardpsychology/
Stress and anxiety are part of a normal and natural survival strategy. But we are not designed for constant stress. This causes negative impacts on the mind and body. Function at work suffers, relationships and families are affected and the immune function also decreases . We can “Re-Live” threats from the past and in our memories we can re-create the thoughts and feelings of those events. Or we can “Pre-Live” events by worrying about imagined futures. Much of our thinking is driven by the media, this is fuelling stress, anxiety and negatively affects us. The media are dividing us and creating an environment of hate and fear.
(CBT) has more evidence supporting it than any other psychological therapy . We tend to focus on the things that are “going wrong” rather than those areas where we are doing well. Jo helps change the lens through which her clients view things and to see areas they might be missing. IT IS ALWAYS SOLVABLE!
While understanding the past can be very helpful and important, CBT also gives things for people to do. “Third Wave'' therapies, offer holistic view of promoting health and well-being rather than the reduction or elimination of symptoms. Mindfulness of where holding tension. Breathing (long exhales) help release. Allow ourselves to feel our emotions. A mindful walk is a favourite. Being outside and seeing the sky can remind us of the Bigger Picture.
Parasympathetic allows physical relaxing and then we can work on the “Thinking” side of things, more coherent and get an idea of “what is really going on right now?”.
The Lead Up comes before the Start. We can learn to detect states and feelings before we are triggered. Problems are never in isolation. Every stress is cumulative and our bandwidth for dealing with them is so small right now. With multiple stressors our brain is trying to find out “The Thing” causing our stress, when actually it's almost never one thing. This is very much part of the medical model of finding that “One Thing” and the “One Pill” to fix it.
“WHAT DO I REALLY NEED TO DO TO HEAL MYSELF?”
We know our minds and bodies are one. Dramatic early changes are possible but consistency is very important. Without practice our mind will default to the old patterns. It’s not about whether we fall off the horse but how many times we get back on. Don’t dwell on the failures. We need to be gentle with ourselves and develop a more compassionate mind and recognise it's OK to fail. Consider the idea of building in capacity for down times and being more flexible in plans. Things are harder when we do them alone. Buddying up with people, support networks and communities can help. Join the revolution and say “Fuck it!”
Contact: tim.thenaturalyou@gmail.com Instagram Facebook
Producer Matthew Wood - mw250204@gmail.com
Music by MarkJuly from Pixabay