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Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior

By ANNA CUNNINGHAMPublished 5 years ago 6 min read

Staying up late is to experience the feeling of "alive".

I believe everyone has had this experience:

Obviously I was very sleepy, but lying on the bed, my eyes were fixed on the screen of the phone, and he was reluctant to put down the phone to sleep.

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

The stress of staying up late

In fact, it is not reluctant to put down the phone, but reluctant to sleep, or some people are sleepy but can't sleep.

In fact, this phenomenon is called "retaliatory procrastination before going to bed", that is, no matter how sleepy you are at night, you have to stay up for a while in order to regain the time you missed during the day.

However, we all know that this approach will only aggravate the fatigue the next day, reduce the efficiency of doing things, and even interfere with the normal life process, and then fall into the vicious circle of "stay up late-tired-stay up late-tired" .

It is undeniable that in today's society, exhaustion has become people's greatest feeling. As the "involved" pressure and "chicken baby" anxiously hit, the depressive mentality and negative emotions that erupt from time to time engulf everyone.

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Too much stress

Psychologist Eliza Eppel once studied that:

Stress keeps our mind and nervous system vigilant, and unknowingly consumes our huge life energy.

Being vigilant against pressure is, in layman's terms, what we call "thinking too much."

Always inexplicably "thinking too much", and all kinds of "crank thinking" high-level thinking pressure, has become one of our important sources of fatigue and depression.

Depression can obliterate a person's enthusiasm for life, self-confidence in work, and even the happiness of intimacy.

So how can we get rid of the high internal friction dilemma of "thinking too much"?

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

The pressure of cranky

Psychologist: Always thinking too much, what should I do if I am depressed? 6 methods can be effectively adjusted!

Method 1: Make time for yourself to do something you like

The reason why many people feel that they are not motivated to do things and have no energy in life is because they confuse the time and space of work and life.

If you want to get rid of too much thinking and avoid random thinking, you need to know how to draw a line between life and work, and make time for entertainment.

Set aside some time every day to do what you like, enjoy this freedom of focusing on your inner world, find spiritual comfort in things that attract you, and relieve tension and inner oppression.

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Think too much to resolve

Method 2: Learn to taste and celebrate some tiny moments of happiness

The big things that are worth remembering in life don't happen often, but the "small luck" around us actually happens every day, but we choose to ignore them frequently.

Numerous studies by psychologists have shown that recording and remembering those tiny moments of happiness is particularly important for relieving anxiety and reducing depression.

Psychologists call it "taste", which means to remind us to learn to appreciate the moment, share small successes with others, pay attention to the beautiful things around us, look at the world with a pair of eyes that discover beauty, and warm ourselves with a heart that tastes beauty.

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Avoid thinking too much

Method 3: Focus on conquering some goals that you can easily achieve

Whenever we feel frustrated and depressed, try to carry out a small project.

It can be simply tidying up the room, playing around with flowers and plants, jogging for 30 minutes or meditating for a minute, etc.

Set yourself some simple small goals that can be completed immediately. Once completed, you can give us timely feedback on a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

The setting and completion of small goals can prevent us from thinking too much and dare not try, and cultivate our perseverance to the end.

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Adjust high internal friction

Method 4: Try more fresh things and practical activities

Psychologist Dr. Keith said:

"The first key to feeling a good life is to seek new interests.

To judge a person's overall health, the most important thing is to see if he is interested in life;

With interest, satisfaction and happiness usually follow.

such as,

Try to make a small dish or snack by yourself;

Join a group activity (climbing, reading);

Learn a new skill (drawing, yoga, etc.)...

Injecting fresh springs into our repetitive life and work can not only add freshness to life, stimulate our inner passion, but also help us use our free time more rationally, rather than simply using fantasy and have a bee in one's bonnet.

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Ways to relieve too much thinking

Method 5: The world is so big, go to nature more

Walking in nature, walking, jogging, aerobics, yoga, meditation, etc., are very beneficial to people's mental health.

The latest study by the British Mental Health Foundation found that 62% of British adults can relieve all kinds of stress during the epidemic by simply taking a walk after a meal.

Even if the distance is not far, and the number of times to walk is not much, as long as you walk out of your door, it will have a positive effect on people's mental health.

Spending time in nature can not only breathe fresh air, but also empty their heads and give their minds a vacation. This helps them cope with various anxiety in life and effectively relieves headaches and depression caused by high thinking. .

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Jogging to relieve stress

Method 6: Don’t think about the past, don’t think about the future, and live in the present

The majority of people’s inner anxiety stems from the entanglement of the past and various negative presuppositions of the future.

"Living in the present", everyone can say, but knowing easy is difficult, almost 99.999% of people will not be able to do it.

Those who are depressed because of too much thinking are either immersed in remembrance and regret about the past, or they are living in panic and worry about the future.

Living in the present is not just talking orally, and we need to continuously correct it with behaviors, so that we can have the solid ability to "live in the present".

Psychology: Frequent cranky thinking is "high internal friction" behavior, these 6 small methods can be effectively adjusted

Living in the moment

International NLP master Li Zhongying often puts this sentence on her lips:

There are only three major things in the vast world: one's own business, other's business, and God's business.

The trouble is because: forget your own business, love to take care of other people's business, worry about God's business.

Happiness comes from: do your own thing, don't care about other people's things, don't think about God's things.

There is nothing wrong in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves.

Let go of one thought, everything is at ease.

Thinking too much is a kind of heart disease. If you don't pay attention to timely adjustment, it will slowly erode our physical and mental health.

Once a person is thinking wildly, it will easily lead to depression, and long-term depression will make people lose sight of the warmth of life.

A person's life is too short, don't let life down.

Don't think too much about things. If you think too much, your heart will be messed up.

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