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As I sit back seventeen minutes and twenty nine seconds away from taking a four hour long timed psychology exam. Oddly enough, emotionally I am tranquil.
This is because the past two days I experienced an emotional contraction (using economic terminology). For those of you unfamiliar with stocks or anything of the sort, basically I went from a high point to a very very low point seemingly instantaneously.
I’m no stranger to depression or feeling like crap, in fact it is almost expected now. But nonetheless I sulk and contemplate my goals and my aptitude in everything I hold dear. Each time theres a new lesson to be learned and each time is agonizing in its own right.
A common thing I find happening is my self image suffers greatly. I go from thinking very highly of my skills and sense of self to feeling as if every step I take is a misstep and everyone knows this.
After suffering for a while battering off these thoughts I usually come to the same conclusion. I remind myself of everything i’ve accomplished and every REAL situation of unhappiness i’ve clawed myself out of on my own, and I have a metamorphosis.
I’m not sure what causes these states of dismay and i’m not sure if they’ll ever really go away. I don’t know if I oddly like them although they’re draining mentally and physically. What I do know is it is never cool to make snap judgements on yourself based on emotionality.
Even Michael Jordan had bad games. I feel like the best way to prevent yourself from falling into a slump is pausing everything and reminding yourself of where you are now and what you came from, not where you wish you were. Often when you are in low points it seems like you can only recall the bad things. That’s why it is imperative to remind yourself of what you really are and not how your emotions are trying to make you feel.
I noticed that when I fought off this oncoming slump probably faster than I have any other one, I received a pumped up state. I quickly fought off the pumped up state as well. Because living off emotions is never helpful, you don’t really need to feel anyway in order to achieve your goals. You just need to be content in yourself and content on the road you are traversing. It took me a while to realize this. Emotions do not dictate behavior, the way you feel about yourself does.
That is confidence, unwavering belief in what you are trying to do and your ability to perform. That way even if you fail you know you will get it right eventually.
I find that in negative states of mind my overall ability goes down in everything. It’s something like a self fulfilling prophecy that reinforces the idea that i’m terrible at everything.
In order to combat this I now accept the fact that I am on the right road and my previous success proves it. This restores my faith in myself.
You have to use previous proof to combat those false thoughts. It is often difficult to achieve new success without failing super hard when you are in bad states because the negative thought loops about your ABILITIES caused by those bad states don’t allow you to perform effectively.
Rationalize irrational thinking and logically it should cancel out.
This is because the past two days I experienced an emotional contraction (using economic terminology). For those of you unfamiliar with stocks or anything of the sort, basically I went from a high point to a very very low point seemingly instantaneously.
I’m no stranger to depression or feeling like crap, in fact it is almost expected now. But nonetheless I sulk and contemplate my goals and my aptitude in everything I hold dear. Each time theres a new lesson to be learned and each time is agonizing in its own right.
A common thing I find happening is my self image suffers greatly. I go from thinking very highly of my skills and sense of self to feeling as if every step I take is a misstep and everyone knows this.
After suffering for a while battering off these thoughts I usually come to the same conclusion. I remind myself of everything i’ve accomplished and every REAL situation of unhappiness i’ve clawed myself out of on my own, and I have a metamorphosis.
I’m not sure what causes these states of dismay and i’m not sure if they’ll ever really go away. I don’t know if I oddly like them although they’re draining mentally and physically. What I do know is it is never cool to make snap judgements on yourself based on emotionality.
Even Michael Jordan had bad games. I feel like the best way to prevent yourself from falling into a slump is pausing everything and reminding yourself of where you are now and what you came from, not where you wish you were. Often when you are in low points it seems like you can only recall the bad things. That’s why it is imperative to remind yourself of what you really are and not how your emotions are trying to make you feel.
I noticed that when I fought off this oncoming slump probably faster than I have any other one, I received a pumped up state. I quickly fought off the pumped up state as well. Because living off emotions is never helpful, you don’t really need to feel anyway in order to achieve your goals. You just need to be content in yourself and content on the road you are traversing. It took me a while to realize this. Emotions do not dictate behavior, the way you feel about yourself does.
That is confidence, unwavering belief in what you are trying to do and your ability to perform. That way even if you fail you know you will get it right eventually.
I find that in negative states of mind my overall ability goes down in everything. It’s something like a self fulfilling prophecy that reinforces the idea that i’m terrible at everything.
In order to combat this I now accept the fact that I am on the right road and my previous success proves it. This restores my faith in myself.
You have to use previous proof to combat those false thoughts. It is often difficult to achieve new success without failing super hard when you are in bad states because the negative thought loops about your ABILITIES caused by those bad states don’t allow you to perform effectively.
Rationalize irrational thinking and logically it should cancel out.
