Comments on: Welcome to Your Emotions, Your Guide Today

By: Mr. Clipping Chains

Mr. Clipping Chains — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 02:38:20 +0000

In reply to Lindsay Moser. Great perspective, and thanks for sharing!

By: Lindsay Moser

Lindsay Moser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:50:43 +0000

Aha! You know your Clinician sister likes the talks about psychological interference. What you are referring to is what CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy promotes us all to begin to take ownership of: Thoughts dictate feelings, which dictate behaviors which drive outcomes in our lives. So, identifying new thoughts will inevitably dictate new outcomes. You began by communicating that positivity isn’t required and that is the ABSOLUTE truth! Positivity is not required as a basis for the new thought. The new thought must ideally spark another feeling, one that inevitably leads to motivation in taking a different action. I am only bringing this to your attention because your first example was positive in its outlook. For some, that may not resonate because it may prove impossible for them to believe the thought. It is important to settle on a thought that we each truly believe, not one that we are attempting to convince ourselves of because it’s what we feel we should believe. VERY IMPORTANT!

So, for anyone who is interested the process is:
1. Figure out how you want to feel when you think your new thought
2. Attempt to identify a new thought that YOU BELIEVE which causes you to feel your chosen feeling. If it’s…. I want to feel motivated to take a financial action–then the new thought may be: If I don’t make a financial change, I may negatively impact myself and those I care about.

I know it seems like a strange suggestion, but it’s effective. Once someone begins the financial changes, and their perspective about taking those actions begins to improve, the new thought can become less heavy over time. But, it may be the kind of new thought someone needs to get started. Hope that makes sense!

By: Mr. Clipping Chains

Mr. Clipping Chains — Tue, 19 May 2020 21:18:21 +0000

In reply to nick.

Thanks for that comment Nick. And Mrs. CC knows all to well how I can toss the occasional molotov cocktail for some external b.s. I brought to the situation. That said, it’s far better that it was years ago. It’s an evolving process for sure. Cloudy and crappy days still get me!

Oh, and you’re right: the banana snapping is super addictive. Commit!

By: nick

nick — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:25:11 +0000

I’m still on the banana advice. I’ve snapped multiple bananas the last 2 weeks! So nifty and really a boost.
A bad attitude toward one activity or situation definitely bleeds into almost all aspects of your life if you let it. I.e. a bad/stressful day at work preventing you from smiling that evening, or shitty weather keeping you from doing a planned activity makes the whole day seem like it’s lost. But also working to correct those issues (rather than basically ignoring the situation and telling yourself “be a mindful happy hippy”) is satisfying. Although it takes a long time of that “hard work” I’ve heard of to address some emotions in the mirror. Good prompting as always, thanks!