Make sure you are safe, well, healthy, etc. Look after yourself. If you are facing some emotional imbalance; you can do these 6 things to Take care of your mind.
Acknowledge your feelings – Are you hurt, angry, nervous, confused? Get your feelings out in front of you and honestly admit to yourself that you’re feeling them.
Journal out your feelings – keeping a journal can be a great idea. It can help you gain control of your emotions and improve your mental health. Write down your thoughts and feelings. To understand them more clearly. And if you struggle with stress depression or anxiety, journaling can help you gain control.
Shake out your emotions – Cultivate gratitude: when you find yourself waking up in a bed mood, try focusing on what you’re grateful for. Circulating your energy through physical movement. ( eg. Inhaling your arms up overhead, and exhaling them down by your side.) While breathing in and out through your nose will do the trick.
Set limits around news – The more news you consume, the more anxious you might feel? Research shows that the consumption of negative news can significantly affect one’s mood and exacerbate worries, producing feelings of sadness and anxiety.
- Consider taking helpful steps like disabling or removing the news alerts on your phone
- Set aside a designated news time.
- Selective in what type of news you seek out.
- Do something to lighten the mood.
Schedule virtual thoughts with friends – Talk to friends on virtual chat platforms, it reduces tension and anxiety when you do so. ( example of virtual tools you can use _
- Trivia
- Bingo
- Cards against humanity
- Charades
Work on a passion project – This is something you work on ( often outside your chosen career path ) that gives you satisfaction, happiness and puts you into a state of flow. It’s what you do to escape it all, your tiny ( or huge ) contribution to the world. So what is your passion project? Discover it if you haven’t.
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