One small positive thought can change your whole day.
Zig Ziglar
When you are down and out, one of the hardest things to do is talk yourself into a positive mood. Most of the time I could not do it until I started trying little tricks to fool myself.1. Turn off the television unless it is something that will make you laugh. If you are like me when you are in that negative mood, hardly anything will make you laugh. Don't even watch the news, stay away from it like poison!!2. Turn on music that you love or relaxes you. In my case, it is high energy dance music like old disco music. It doesn't relax me, but it brings me to a happier place and time. It is the most positive inspiring thing I can do for myself.3. Write about how you feel. Usually I write in my blog, but sometimes it is just too personal and I write somewhere else. Ask yourself questions, like "why am I upset" like a therapist would do. As a matter of fact, I learned this one trick from my therapist a long time ago. It has really helped me understand myself and get through many situations.4. I'll ask myself to do one tiny thing and not think about a whole bunch of stuff that needs to be done. It could be that doing the one little thing will result in doing something else. 5. Don't overwhelm yourself, if possible. I'm retired and alone, so it is easy for me to do exactly what I want to do when I want to do it.6. Talk to yourself positively. Your thoughts are instrumental in how you feel.These are some of my coping mechanisms that I see as being positive and so important in my life. Sometimes it takes tiny baby steps, but any step is a step forward. Coping with life circumstances is taking one second at a time and learning how to sit down, relax and take a deep breath, telling yourself "you can do this." Otherwise I'll just stay in bed and watch television which is negative and so bad for me.
