The Pollution in my head
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TIPS - The Pollution in my head
PAUSING THE POLLUTION IN MY HEAD
ESCAPING THE POLLUTION IN MY HEAD
Pausing the pollution in my head implies being able to take a step back, and reflect on my reactions. The objective is to course correct, or keep going – as a conscious choice.
Acknowledging that I am polluting myself is an important 1st step.
Then I need to assess what is true, versus what I am projecting into the situation. Am I reading the scene as it is, or am I interpreting what people mean (and are not saying)? If I am misreading the situation, then the solution to cut loose the pollution in my head is to ask questions. I am not in the head of the people I am talking to: I do not know what they think – and so I need to ask to know.
Then only, I can decide whether I am right to think the way I do, or I really missed the point!
The Pollution in my head causes me stress as I then imagine all what could go wrong in the future, and how bad my life will become! Or I blame myself and feel guilty for events in the past. For what I could have done and did not.
To erase this dark future and turn emotions around, the author Katie Byron has created the following efficient process:
(1) Ask myself whether "this is true?" Whether this is "always true"? Whether "I am sure this will happen"? Whether I am "100% sure"?.
Then (2) figure what other positive realistic option(s) there could be, and choose my favorite outcome.
(3) Close my eyes and feel how I would be if this favorite option was real. Dive as much as possible into this feeling.
Finally (4) ask myself what prevents this future from happening? Could it be a valid option?
It does help a lot to realize that there are positive alternatives too!
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EGO
PRESENT
CONNECT
FILTER
COMPASS
PROTECTION
POLLUTION
RULES
MASTER
YOU ARE MASTERING THE PUZZLE PIECE THE POLLUTION IN MY HEAD!
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