Pause. Every little thing you do on autopilot, take a moment to pause and reflect on the thing you’re about to do, say or even think.
Break a glass and immediately think you’re a failure and you don’t deserve a good life? S T O P. Pause. Why are you thinking this? Is it helpful? Would you say that to a friend?
It’s a bit of an extreme example but that’s the gist of it. Pause, reflect, question.
It’s not that little a change and it takes practice but I find it useful to slowly chip away at all the layers of unhelpful learned behaviours we’ve been passed on for years and years.
If I fall, I always pause (barring hypothetical situations where I fall in a dangerous place like a house on fire or something) and take stock. What did you hurt? Any broken bones? What caused the fall? Are you still at risk?
Then I take action (like getting up).
People sometimes get scared if they happen to witness because to them it looks like I fell and lost consciousness. But for me it’s the only way to make sure that I don’t hurt myself worse in trying to get up.
Pause. Reflect. Question. Carry on, possibly modified.
Pause. Every little thing you do on autopilot, take a moment to pause and reflect on the thing you’re about to do, say or even think.
Break a glass and immediately think you’re a failure and you don’t deserve a good life? S T O P. Pause. Why are you thinking this? Is it helpful? Would you say that to a friend?
It’s a bit of an extreme example but that’s the gist of it. Pause, reflect, question.
It’s not that little a change and it takes practice but I find it useful to slowly chip away at all the layers of unhelpful learned behaviours we’ve been passed on for years and years.
If I fall, I always pause (barring hypothetical situations where I fall in a dangerous place like a house on fire or something) and take stock. What did you hurt? Any broken bones? What caused the fall? Are you still at risk?
Then I take action (like getting up).
People sometimes get scared if they happen to witness because to them it looks like I fell and lost consciousness. But for me it’s the only way to make sure that I don’t hurt myself worse in trying to get up.
Pause. Reflect. Question. Carry on, possibly modified.