The world can feel like a pretty scary place right now.
We spoke to a psychologist and a counsellor to find some practical ways to banish your gloom and clear your mind
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timeout.com/london/news/se…
We spoke to a psychologist and a counsellor to find some practical ways to banish your gloom and clear your mind
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timeout.com/london/news/se…
🧠Be aware of ‘all or nothing’ thinking
‘In any kind of anxiety, we always go to the worst-case scenario – it’s called negativity bias. We have to pull ourselves back and say no, what’s the reality here? What’s actually happening, versus what we’re predicting might happen?’
‘In any kind of anxiety, we always go to the worst-case scenario – it’s called negativity bias. We have to pull ourselves back and say no, what’s the reality here? What’s actually happening, versus what we’re predicting might happen?’
❌Switch off from the news
‘We have to remember that the news is designed to hone in on that negativity bias, because it’s much more gripping for people. So you might make a decision that you’re going to watch one TV news programme once a day'
‘We have to remember that the news is designed to hone in on that negativity bias, because it’s much more gripping for people. So you might make a decision that you’re going to watch one TV news programme once a day'
🤗Remember, it’s okay not to feel okay
‘Acknowledge that life right now isn’t normal. We are depleted mentally and maybe even physically. So we might have to take some things out of our social lives; we might have to have lower expectations of ourselves and others right now’
‘Acknowledge that life right now isn’t normal. We are depleted mentally and maybe even physically. So we might have to take some things out of our social lives; we might have to have lower expectations of ourselves and others right now’
📅Make healthy routines
‘Our body loves routine and structure, so it could be about scheduling a walk at a certain time each day, or planning in a tea break. We might not have control over the bigger picture, but we can create our own little micro routines’
‘Our body loves routine and structure, so it could be about scheduling a walk at a certain time each day, or planning in a tea break. We might not have control over the bigger picture, but we can create our own little micro routines’
🌳Embrace nature
‘Being out in nature helps prime our neural pathways to fire more happy hormones. Looking out into the vastness of nature does remind us how small we are, and maybe some of those problems that have been feeling really big don’t seem quite so big anymore'
‘Being out in nature helps prime our neural pathways to fire more happy hormones. Looking out into the vastness of nature does remind us how small we are, and maybe some of those problems that have been feeling really big don’t seem quite so big anymore'
💃🏻Get creative in a low-pressure way
‘It’s a good time to take a bit of creative rest, where you engage in something you’re passionate about while taking the back seat. So if you’re a dance teacher, go and learn choreography that someone else is teaching you’
‘It’s a good time to take a bit of creative rest, where you engage in something you’re passionate about while taking the back seat. So if you’re a dance teacher, go and learn choreography that someone else is teaching you’
💖Prioritise pleasure
‘Finding joy is something that can really create a buffer to the stressors that we’re going through. It can just give us that little bit of extra energy to handle something or to tell ourselves it’s okay'
‘Finding joy is something that can really create a buffer to the stressors that we’re going through. It can just give us that little bit of extra energy to handle something or to tell ourselves it’s okay'
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