This is a great post helldago. I’ve found a lot of these useful myself and the others I’m excited to try out because I can relate a lot. A couple of other things I have found useful for resilience.
A Mental Health section in my Anki deck. There’s about 170 cards which includes things like cognitive reframes (a bad behaviour doesn’t make you a bad person, failure is useful if you use the information gained to update your plan etc.), common depression traps I might be caught in (comparison, labelling, all or nothing), stoic quotes and the like. I’ve never been able to get those mindsets to stick permanently so the periodic reminders pull me out of ruts and provide a mood boost.
Going outside when you’ve got brain fog. I think there is at least a couple of parts behind this. Sunlight seems to have an almost instant positive mood boost once the warmth hits you. Also subtle shifts in temperature and air quality can happen very gradually without my noticing and I’ll become uncomfortable and restless without realising it. The shift in climate puts my mind in a new frame.
This is a great post helldago. I’ve found a lot of these useful myself and the others I’m excited to try out because I can relate a lot. A couple of other things I have found useful for resilience.
A Mental Health section in my Anki deck. There’s about 170 cards which includes things like cognitive reframes (a bad behaviour doesn’t make you a bad person, failure is useful if you use the information gained to update your plan etc.), common depression traps I might be caught in (comparison, labelling, all or nothing), stoic quotes and the like. I’ve never been able to get those mindsets to stick permanently so the periodic reminders pull me out of ruts and provide a mood boost.
Going outside when you’ve got brain fog. I think there is at least a couple of parts behind this. Sunlight seems to have an almost instant positive mood boost once the warmth hits you. Also subtle shifts in temperature and air quality can happen very gradually without my noticing and I’ll become uncomfortable and restless without realising it. The shift in climate puts my mind in a new frame.