Opposite to FEAR Action
APPROACH - don't avoid. Do what you're afraid of over and over again. Break plans down into smaller steps.
Tips to remember you are not your emotion
What is... don't have to ACT on the emotion, Recall times when you didn't feel that way and know that those times will happen again?
happy, joyful, gratitude, hopeful
What are... positive emotions?
What is an emotion that is the most challenging to respond to with opposite action?
The human answering will have given an honest and relevant answer to get these points :-)
Opposite to Guilt or Shame Action
Accept responsibility gracefully, apologize, make amends, commit to change and let guilt go. (guilt)
Approach, don't avoid, do something to challenge the shame over and over again (shame)
The meaning of OBSERVE your emotion.
What is... Notice the feeling, Step back from the feeling, Get unstuck from the feeling?
How to BE MINDFUL of positive experiences.
What is... focus attention on positive experiences, and practice re focusing when your mind wanders to the negative?
Letting Go of Emotional Suffering strategies I will try in the days ahead.
What iss......Honest Answer :D
Opposite to Sadness or Depression Action
Ways to EXPERIENCE your emotion.
BUILD positive experiences, broken down.
What is.. in the short term, do more pleasant activities now, in the long term, build a life worth living, rack up positives, tend to relationships, avoid avoiding, quit quitting.
My Top 10 list of pleasant events to do more of in the days ahead.
What is... honest answer :)
Opposite to Anger Action
What is... gently avoid the person you're angry with, rather than attacking, do something nice for the person you're angry with, imagine sympathy / empathy for that person rather than resentment and blame?
Ways to Practice Loving your emotion
What is.. don't judge it, be willing to try loving it, radically accept it?
Distract yourself from thinking about when positive experiences will end whether or not you deserve them and how much more may be expected.
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Strategies will you use in the days ahead for opposite action.
What are... doing what you are afraid of doing, approaching, saying you're sorry, making things better, do things that make you feel competent, avoiding the person you are angry with, doing something nice
What is.. OBSERVE your emotion, EXPEREINCE your emotion, REMEMBER that you are NOT your emotion, and PRACTICE LOVING your emotion.
Increasing Positive Emotion Steps
What is... BUILD positive experiences, BE MINDFUL, of positive experience and BE UNMINDFUL of worries?
Mindfulness skills or Emotional Regulation skills practiced without going into the situation that caused us to need to practice them.
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