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"How to
overcome emotional overwhelm"
Colin G Smith - All Rights reserved.
NLP Tool Box
Life can
be stressful. Putting aside the different theories on what causes stress
and what exactly it is, we can safely say that stress produces unpleasant
feelings in oneself.
Feelings and emotions are produced in the mind. So if we change our mind
we can change our feelings and our response to stress.
Here are five 'piece of cake' methods for effectively dealing with stress
and anxiety:
1. Separate your delusions/ behaviour/feelings from the person/self
We all have our own delusions. We all have our own strange
behaviour and uncomfortable feelings to deal with. This is not the
essential you. The essential you is pure potential.
As a human
being you have the potential to do anything. You have incredible learning
capacity.
By
relating to our pure essential nature rather than our delusions we can
look at our problems more objectively, realising we can overcome them.
2. Feelings dissipate
However overwhelmed you are feeling, keep in mind the fact that all
feelings eventually change.
Probably
before bedtime! Or if not they're bound to change when you sleep on it and
don't think about not having strange and vivid dreams.
3. Getting in touch with your feelings
Many of us are not in touch with our own emotions, maybe it's because
there are so many distractions in the modern world.
It can be
very useful to find the time to just sit for a couple of minutes and
actually genuinely experience
your feelings.
Notice where you feel the feelings.
What does it feel like?
Where in the body do you feel it? How does the sensation move?
If you were to ask what this feeling has for you that is important or
useful what answer would you get? Gently ask yourself and discover whether
or not you can realise it's positive intention.
Even if you don't get much joy, remember feelings dissipate anyway! It's
only a matter of time is it not?
4. Turn the feeling inside out!
Just think about it: Feelings are really just sensations in the body that
we attach a label of meaning too. With the following technique from
"The NLP ToolBox" you can learn to
quickly change your feelings in a way that enables you to
feel more resourceful.
The Fear Reversal Procedure
1.Become aware of where those feelings are in your body.
Where does the feeling start and where does it go? (Often
people speak of their stomachs turning etc.)
2.Now take the feeling and push it out a couple of feet in front of you.
(I know this sounds weird. Just act as if you can do it, because you can.)
3.Turn it inside out and spin it the other way and bring it back inside.
If it helps, pretend you can do it and so it is!
4. Keep it spinning fast whilst imagining doing the thing that used to
make you feel discomfort.
5. Get some perspective
When we feel overwhelmed we are deeply associated in our selves, feeling
strong feelings. Disassociating is probably one of the quickest and
easiest ways of 'getting some
perspective.' Doing so will allow you to have feelings about feelings; A
more pleasant experience.
Simply imagine seeing yourself 'over there.' It's as if you are looking at
yourself on a movie screen in your current situation.
Notice how
you look, your posture, breathing and so forth.
As you
look at that you what comes to mind that would enable that person to feel
better? Maybe you could
imagine giving them a shoulder massage.
6. "Get real it's not that bad!"
No matter what level of emotional pain you are in the truth is there are
many other people having similar experiences.
And of course thousands of people are experiencing far worse sufferings,
right now in; war zones, famines, extreme floods and so on.
Contemplating these poor suffering beings gets your focus off yourself and
onto others which gives rise to
compassion, a much more peaceful state of mind wouldn't you
agree.
It's amazing how stuck we get in mental grooves. By applying
a technique of mind like the methods above, we can be like the DJ who
simply lifts the needle off the record and changes tracks and gets back on
the good groove.
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Colin G Smith is a licensed Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and author of 'The NLP Tool Box', a personal development book that enables the reader
to master any area of their life with amazing speed.
Complete information on Colin G Smith's books are available
at his website, including a FREE personal development eBook. |
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