HOW TO CHANGE HOW YOU FEEL INSTANTLY
Have you ever noticed yourself going off into a day dream?
Your mind has wondered off down a path and before you know it you've created a long elaborated story in your mind?
Then your awareness kicks in and you notice you're somewhere else and you snap back to reality.
But the content of this story has left you feeling annoyed because it was a story about something you weren't happy with.
Maybe a family member, friend or colleague said something that got under your skin and you can't let it go…
You start to get annoyed just thinking about it and this leads to a bit of anger as you revisit the details of what happened.
The thing is, this story isn't REAL anymore.
It's happened in the PAST, but your mind isn't seeing this distinction. It's reacting the same way as if it was happening there and then in that moment.
Just by thinking about this event, you're feeling emotions about something that is no longer here and now.
But you’re stuck in the story.
Conversely, have you had the experience where you've received some good news?
You just heard back on that job you've been waiting on and you've been successful. You feel elated, excited, on top of the world! This probably lasts all day, even the next day, maybe even for a few days!
What's happened here?
You've experienced two different situations and simply by thinking about them, you're feeling happy or sad. Positive or negative.
Your mind has assigned meaning to these events (or triggers) and decided they were good or bad, right or wrong.
From there, you’re experiencing emotions based simply on the meaning that your mind has assigned to these triggers. When you recall these triggers, you continue to feel the emotions long after the event itself has passed.
The great news is you can change how you feel, by changing how you think.
So if a negative emotion comes up, it's probably associated with some negative thought. This is when you use your skill of AWARENESS to notice what's happening and make an ACTIVE CHOICE to think about something different.
Try reframing the situation, change your environment (like go for a walk around the block)… anything to break your negative state of mind and get you out of the story. Because that's all they are.
Simply STORIES.
it is only the attachment to the stories that creates our suffering.
Using your awareness to see this, give you a choice to change it!
But if you aren't aware, you won't be able to change it.
The next time you have a negative emotion that is causing an undesirable feeling i.e. you're arguing with your partner, you get annoyed at your colleague at work etc...use your awareness to notice this is happening.
say to yourself 'change how you think, change how you feel’
I have practiced this regularly which is why I know it works! You’ll get to a point where your awareness kicks in much faster, seeing exactly what's going on and you won't need to say this to yourself anymore.
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