Soon to be a CASAC and MSW

You'll find inspiration, ideas, quotes, and anything else that may be beneficial for anyone I may help

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Being alone may scare you, but staying in a bad relationship will damage you.

private-counselling.co.uk (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[lillyjetaime-blog]

Quick Anxiety Self-Check

How deep are your breaths? Are your shoulders making out with your ears? (Lower them) Are you clenching your jaw? Are you present/grounded? (How many colors can you see? How many sounds do you hear? Tune your senses into your environment to get grounded)

Listen to your body, folks. Breathe. Relax. One day at a time.

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

basically:

it is not a virtue to not set boundaries

ignoring your own wants and needs is not a healthy way to show love

people worth loving will respect your boundaries

people worth loving will not want you to set aside your own wants and needs to make them more comfortable

‘having no boundaries at all’ describes a person who is very hurt, not a person who is very virtuous

suffering for others’ comfort is not how you be a good person, it is just how you become very hurt

sometimes you need to make others uncomfortable in order to get your needs met

your needs are more important than others’ comfort

your comfort is equally important to others’ comfort

making other people uncomfortable is not, in itself, ethically wrong or morally dubious

[unapologetically-human]

Boundaries are not selfish. They aren’t overindulgent or evidence that you’re too sensitive, and they aren’t weakness. Boundaries are conditions that allow you to take care of yourself; conditions that give you the means to survive and keep from sinking. They’re circumstances that honor your needs and respect your feelings. Limits that YOU get to decide on; limits that are inherently valid, regardless of how they compare to anyone else’s.You deserve to create a space for yourself that feels safe and supportive. You deserve to exist under terms that don’t harm you; terms that allow your best self to come through. Even if other people don’t understand; even if it makes them feel angry or rejected or sad — your boundaries are necessary and they matter. Their needs matter too, and its not wrong to want to make shifts to accommodate both — but the truth is that you can’t take care of anyone else if your own needs aren’t being met. You don’t have to explain your boundaries. You don’t have to justify them, and you don’t need anyone’s approval. You need to believe that you’re someone worth taking care of, and you need to trust that if anyone is entitled to your protection and care, it’s you.

Daniell Koepke (via internal-acceptance-movement)

[pastagoddesss]

[hplyrikz]

Clear your mind here

[callistomist-deactivated2020091]

I decided to create a masterpost that would help you with what you are struggling with. Hopefully any of the links below will help you! Reminder; You’re going to be okay. What you are going through will pass, just remember to breathe. 

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Distractions;

Here are some distractions to help keep your mind occupied so you aren’t too focused on your thoughts. 

-Draw something

-This website translates the time into colours.

-Create your own galaxy.

-Play flowing.

-Make a 3D line travel where ever you like. 

-Listen to music.

-Calm.

-Ocean mood, do nothing for two minutes.

Sleep issues; 

- 8 hour sleep music.

-Rainy mood. 

-Meditation.

-Coping with nightmares.

-How to cope with nightmares, 11 steps.

-Calm

-Foods that can affect your sleeping, both positive and negatively. 

 Uncomfortable with silence; 

-Rainy mood.

-10 hours of rain and thunder.

-3 hours of rain and thunder.

-Human heartbeat.

-Rainforest.

-Sound of rain on a tin roof.

-Autumn wind.

-Rain on a tent

-Traffic in the rain.

-Soft traffic. 

-Fan.

-Train.

-Simply noise.

-My noise.

-Rainy cafe.

Anxiety; 

-How to stop worrying. 

-Tips to manage anxiety and stress.

-The 10 best ever anxiety management techniques. 

-Self-help strategies for anxiety. 

-Helping a friend with anxiety. 

-All about worrying.

-8 myths about anxiety. 

Sad, angry and depressed/depression; 

-“I’m always sad”

-Feeling sad.

-Going through trauma.

-“I’m always angry”.

-Anger management. 

-All about anger.

-National helplines and websites.

-Self-help strategies for depression.

-Dealing with depression at work.

-Dealing with depression at school.

Isolation and loneliness; 

-Pets and mental health.

-All about loneliness. 

-“I feel so alone”

-10 more ideas to help with loneliness. 

-How to deal with loneliness.

 Self-harm;

-Alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques.

-146 things to do besides self-harm.

-More alternatives to self-harm.

-Self-harm alternatives.

-How to take care of self-harm wounds/injuries.

-Getting rid of scars.  

Addiction; 

-How to help a friend with a drug addiction.

-What is addiction?

-All about alcohol and addiction.

-The facts about drug addiction.

 Eating disorders; 

-Helping a friend with an eating disorder.

-Eating disorder treatments. 

-Support services for eating disorders. 

-Self-help tips with eating disorders.

-Eating disorder recovery. 

-Recovering from an eating disorder. 

-100+ reasons to recover. 

-Understanding and managing eating disorders. 

 Dealing with self-hatred;  

-3 ways to ease self-loathing. 

-How to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.

-Self-hatred resources.

-10 step plan to deal with self-hate. 

 Suicidal; 

-International suicide hotlines (1)  (2)

-Preventing suicide. 

-Reasons to stay alive.

-Dealing with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

-Coping with suicidal ideation.  

 Schizophrenia;

-All about schizophrenia.  

-Helping a person with schizophrenia.  

-Understanding and dealing with schizophrenia.  

-Delusions and hallucinations.  

OCD;

-Managing your OCD at home. 

-Overcoming OCD.

-How to cope with OCD. 

-Strategies for dealing with the anxious moments. 

Borderline personality disorder; 

-Helping someone with BPD. 

-All about personality disorders.

-Treatment for BPD.

Abuse; 

-Healthy relationships VS abusive relationships. 

-Emotional abuse

-Overcoming sexual abuse. 

-Hotlines services. 

-5 ways to escape an abusive relationship. 

-Domestic violence support. 

-Signs of an abusive relationship. 

-What do to if you’re in an abusive relationship. 

-Surviving abuse. 

-What you can do if you’re sexual harassed. 

-Sexual assault support.

-What to do if you’ve been sexually assaulted or abused. 

 Bullying;

-How to stand up against bullying.

-How to protect yourself when it comes to cyber bullying.

-How to help stop people bullying you. 

 Loss and grief; 

-How to cope with a suicide of a loved one.

-Grieving for a stranger. 

-Common reactions to death. 

-Working through grief.

(Other loss and grief)

-Moving away from friends and family. 

-Coping with a breakup.

 Getting help; 

-Seeking help early. 

-All about psychological treatments. 

-Types of help.

-All about age and confidentiality. 

Things you need to remember; 

- Don’t stress about being fixed because you’re not broken.

-Remember to remind yourself of your accomplishments. Tell yourself that you’re proud of yourself, even if you’re not. 

- This is temporary. You won’t always feel like this. 

-You are not alone. 

-You are enough. 

-You are important. 

-You are worth it. 

-You are strong. 

-You are not a failure, 

-Good people exist. 

-Reaching out shows strength. 

-Breathe. 

-Don’t listen to the thoughts that are not helping you. 

-Give yourself credit. 

-Don’t be ashamed of your emotions, for the good or bad ones. 

-Treat yourself the same way as you would treat a good friend. 

-Focus on the things you can change. 

-Let go of toxic people. 

-You don’t need to hide, you’re allowed to feel the way you do. 

-Try not to beat yourself up. 

-Something is always happening, you don’t want to miss out on what’s going to happen next. 

-You are not a bother.

-Your existence is more than your appearance. 

-You are smart. 

-You are loved. 

-You are wanted. 

-You are needed. 

-Better days are coming. 

-Just because your past is dark, doesn’t mean your future isn’t bright. 

-You have more potential than you think. 

- Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Please remember to look after yourself and know that you are more than worth it and you deserve to be happy. Keep smiling butterflies x

[motherofhermes]

Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the is-ness of the Now. You can’t argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.

Eckhart Tolle (via motherofhermes)

[socialworkmemes]

Stop treating it like one

[leepacey]

a non-autistic’s guide to autistic special interests

autistic people like myself have these things called “special interests,” and a special interest can be kind of a hard concept to convey sometimes, so i’m going to try and explain it here to help non-autistic people (aka allistics) better understand

a common stereotype or image of an autistic person i’ve seen portrayed in media is a nonverbal little boy who’s obsessed with trains. the trains part is the special interest: autistic people become obsessed with specific things to the extent it’s all we can think or talk about sometimes. all autistic people are different, so the way that special interests present in autistic people varies greatly depending on the person.

autistic people are commonly emotionally drained by social interactions. what drives us and refuels us and makes us thrive is indulging in our special interest, learning everything we can about them. this could be by infodumping (enthusiastically telling someone everything we know about our special interest, usually as an attempt to connect with them or show them what’s important to us), or pursuing a career in the field of one’s special interest, or watching a new movie if your special interest is an actor or director, or anything like that. we reach out to others by talking about our special interests. for example: if your special interest is an actor, you show a friend a movie with that actor in it.

(note: special interests are a lot like obsessions, and if your special interest is a real person then that, like any person’s obsession, can cross a line at some point - but like with all people, it depends on the person. almost all autistic people respect boundaries, just like almost all allistic people respect boundaries.)

special interests can be anything, but a common trend is mechanical or technical things (like trains, airplanes, watches and watch-making, space, physics, etc), potentially because we love figuring out how things work in a literal sense. we also love fantasy and have big imaginations, so fantasy series like lord of the rings, harry potter, etc are common, as well as stuff like paranormal investigating, aliens, or the occult. we also have a very strong sense of justice, so social justice or human rights tragedies are common. but like i said, special interests can be anything, like architecture (a certain style or time period, or all architecture), animals (anything from one specific animal like a pet, to a certain species, to all animals), food (being obsessed with only eating a certain food for a little while, or food/cooking in general), sports (participating in or watching one specific sport, knowing everything about all sports, or fitness/health in general). anything you can think of, it can be a special interest.

you can also have more than one special interest, though from what i’ve seen there’s usually one dominant special interest that takes up the most time and energy. special interests are generally just a result of the autistic brain interpreting the world and fixating on certain things.

some of my past special interests, for some examples: airplanes, the titanic, ghosts/the science side of paranormal activities (even though i didn’t even believe in it), abrahamic religions, narnia, architecture, lord of the rings, the show fringe, lee pace, richard ayoade, criminal minds, the davinci code, autism, space, cults

i have two current special interests: actor aaron tveit, and making gifs. these intersect really well, because i just make a lot of gifs of aaron. i’ve had my gif-making one for about four years, and aaron for about one year now.

i’ll use aaron tveit as my example for the way special interests work and what having a special interest would entail: i watched one of his movies, les miserables (not even for the first time; i’d seen it before), and afterwards i had a very strong desire to see what else he was in. i watched all of his movies and shows that i could find. i watched and read every interview. i found out he had a concert in new york, and saved up and went. i watched movies and shows just because his former costars are in them, or he mentioned he liked it in an interview. nothing in the world makes me happier than showing a movie aaron’s in to a friend for the first time; aaron and his work are how i connect with others.

(at this point i’d like to say that as an autistic person, justice is more important to me than just about anything, and aaron’s privacy and respecting his personal life and not being a creep are all extremely important to me and i really don’t want to seem like a crazed stalker fan stereotype. people have tweeted some of my gifs at him and even just that level of interaction with him makes me extremely uncomfortable.)

special interests can last anywhere from days to years to a lifetime; it all depends on the person. we don’t really have control over what our special interests are (i once read about an autistic person who was extremely afraid of spiders but then got a spiders special interest). if i’m between special interests and watching a new movie i’m always like

(fun fact: the creator of community, the show that gif is from, is autistic!)

i’ve also seen a lot of autistic people talk about their special interests being linked to their anxiety; we feel empty when we’re between special interests, worry that we’ll never know everything there is to know about it, worry that we’re experiencing our special interests “wrong” (too quickly, too many at once, etc), or become afraid we’ll lose our interest and feel empty again. additionally, indulging in a special interest is commonly a way to help with anxiety.

in conclusion: special interests are very intense interests that fuel autistic people, and are a very key part of ~the autistic experience~. special interests can be anything, can last any amount of time, and more than one special interest can be had at once.

(if you’re reading this and currently don’t consider yourself autistic but this post is ringing a lot of bells, i would highly suggest doing some research into autism. the current statistic is that 1 in 64 people are autistic, but it’s suspected to be even more common than that, and autism is very commonly missed in girls, children of color, poorer children, etc. autism as a whole is very misrepresented and misunderstood in the media and academia, and you could very well be autistic and not know it)

anyone can reblog this (please do), and any autistic people can add on if i’m missing something important!

[hplyrikz]

You’re not a bad person for the ways you tried to kill your sadness.

(via hplyrikz)

[icantdrawbutdontcare]

[unapologetically-human]

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AFTER A LAPSE

1. Recognize that lapsing is a normal part of recovery. 

I don’t say that to justify lapsing or use as a cop out when things get difficult. I say it as a reminder that your recovery doesn’t have to be perfect in order to produce results. That said, no one’s recovery is perfect. Everyone has set backs and struggles. Everyone makes mistakes, messes up, and reverts to old behaviors — not because they’re weak or incapable, but because recovery is really, really difficult. Your behaviors helped you cope with trauma and incredible emotional pain. They allowed you to numb out and they kept you afloat when you felt like you were drowning. Letting go of something that helped you survive for so long is not easy. And it doesn’t happen over the course of a few days or months. It’s terrifying, painful, incredibly challenging, and it takes time. So be compassionate with yourself and your process. You’re doing the best you can to fight this and recover and it’s all you can ask of yourself. 

2. Use the lapse as a learning experience. 

You can’t go back in time and change the fact that you lapsed, but you can choose how you respond to it. You can wallow in self-pity, beat yourself up, and use what happened as an excuse to continue using behaviors. Or you can choose to use what happened as a learning experience. You can look at the lapse as an opportunity to collect important information about what triggers you to use behaviors and what you need in the moment to avoid a future lapse. 

3. Be curious.

Judging yourself for having a lapse doesn’t get you anywhere. It makes you feel worse and it keeps you stuck. Instead of feeding the cycle of self-hatred, treat yourself with compassionate curiosity and start asking questions:

What need did you have in the moment that wasn’t being met? Were you feeling lonely? Sad? Depressed? Angry? Hurt? Disappointed? Rejected? Invisible? Inadequate? When you turned to behaviors to cope, what were you really looking for? Did you need to feel safe? Did you need a way to express your feelings? Did you need to feel seen and heard? Did you need a distraction? Comfort? Control? How could you have gotten that need met in a non self-destructive way? And how can you take care of yourself in the future when these triggers come up again?

You don’t have to know the answer to all of these questions right now, but it’s important to start exploring and being curious.

4. Treat yourself like you would a friend.

If you had a friend or loved one who lapsed, you wouldn’t put them down. You wouldn’t call them a failure. You wouldn’t see them as worthless. And you wouldn’t discount all the progress they had made. You would treat them with kindness and compassion. You would give them a hug, remind them of how far they’ve come, and reassure them that just because they had one lapse doesn’t mean they can’t turn things around and get back on track. 

Well, you’re not an exception. You deserve to be treated with the same forgiveness and love you would so willingly give to anyone else who was struggling. So when your self-hating thoughts get loud and tell you that you’re a failure for lapsing, challenge them. And if in the moment it’s difficult to be nice to yourself, think of what you would say to someone you care about and apply those positive counters to your own thoughts. 

5. Reach out.

Don’t isolate and withdraw. It may feel safer, but it only perpetuates the pain you feel and keeps you stuck. In order to get back on track, you have to talk about what happened. You have to be honest with yourself and your support network. You have to give yourself permission to ask for help, use your voice, and make your needs known. Keeping secrets keeps us sick. If we want to heal, we have to break the silence. 

6. Get extra support.

If you’re struggling, you deserve to ask for help. Denying yourself extra support when things start going down hill isn’t noble or self-sacrificing. It’s self-destruction, and it’s a sure-fire way to put yourself at risk for another lapse. There is nothing shameful about asking for more help. It doesn’t make you weak. It doesn’t make you a disappointment. And it doesn’t make you a burden. It makes you someone with the courage to be honest and the strength to make recovery a priority. It makes you determined and admirable and brave. It’s self-care and in order to get back on track and heal, it’s imperative. 

7. Focus on progress, not perfection. 

One lapse does NOT discount all of the days you went without using behaviors. It doesn’t make you weak or incapable or inadequate. It doesn’t make you a failure or erase your progress, and it definitely doesn’t mean you can’t get better. All a lapse means is that you were hurting so deeply and didn’t know how else to cope. It was a bad decision, but it doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you human. The lapse was just a bump in your road to recovery, but it doesn’t mean you have to start all over. You’re just continuing your journey right where you left off. So don’t give up. You will get to where you need to be in your own time. Until then, breathe, be patient, and trust that as long as you keep pushing forward, reaching out for help, and picking yourself back up, no matter how many times you lapse, you can and will recover.

[shitborderlinesdo]

DBT Skills and Related Information Masterpost 2.0

All the content in this post uses the Skills Training Manual (Second Edition) by Marsha Linehan as the basis of every post on skills and concepts.  Rather than just copying out what is written in the Manual, I’ve elaborated on these skills, concepts, and their components using what has been taught to me in my DBT group sessions as well as my own personal understanding of the skills.  Nevertheless, the Manual is the basis and starting point of all the posts here except for the “Other Information” section.  Everything that is covered in the Manual’s Skills component will eventually be covered in posts contained in this masterpost.

General DBT Information:

Goals of DBT (Coming Soon)

Options for Solving Any Problem

The Biosocial Theory of Emotional and Behavioural Dysregulation

Short Description of DBT Skills

How to Analyze Behaviour: Chain Analysis (Coming Soon)

How to Analyze Behaviour: Missing Link Analysis (Coming Soon)

My Personal Experience with DBT (Coming Soon)

Mindfulness:

Intro to Mindfulness (What Is Mindfulness, What are the Goals of Mindfulness, What Does it Mean to Practice Mindfulness)

Wise Mind, Emotion Mind, and Logic Mind

Mindfulness “What” Skills (Observe, Describe, Participate)

Mindfulness “How” Skills (Non-Judgmental, One-Mindful, Effective)

Distress Tolerance and Radical Acceptance:

Intro to Distress Tolerance (What is a Crisis, When to Use Distress Tolerance Skills, Goals of Distress Tolerance)

The STOP Skill

The TIP Skill

The Pros and Cons Skill (Coming Soon)

The Distract using Wise Mind ACCEPTS Skill (Coming Soon)

The Self-Soothe Skill

List of Ideas to Help You Self-Soothe

How to Create a Self-Soothe Kit (Coming Very Soon)

The IMPROVE the Moment Skill

What is Radical Acceptance / Reality Acknowledgement

More Info on Radical Acceptance

How to Practice Radical Acceptance / Reality Acknowledgement

How to Practice Radical Acceptance / Reality Acknowledgement for Abuse Survivors

Things which may interfere with Reality Acknowledgement

Willingness, Half-Smiling and Willing Hands

Willingness, Willfulness, and Turning the Mind

Interpersonal Effectiveness:

Intro to Interpersonal Effectiveness (Coming Very Soon)

Myths that Interfere with Interpersonal Effectiveness (Coming Soon)

Clarifying Priorities and Objectives in an Interpersonal Relationship (Coming Very Soon)

Interpersonal Effectiveness Part 1: DEAR MAN

The DEAR MAN Skill, SBD Version (Coming Soon)

How to Write a DEAR MAN Script (Coming Soon)

Interpersonal Effectiveness Part 2: GIVE

The GIVE Skill, SBD Version (Coming Soon)

Interpersonal Effectiveness Part 3: FAST

The FAST Skill, SBD Version (Coming Soon)

Troubleshooting Interpersonal Effectiveness (Coming Soon)

Emotion Regulation:

Intro to Emotion Regulation

What Emotions Do For You and Myths about Emotions

Factors that Make Regulating Emotions Difficult

How to Identify and Describe Emotions (Coming Soon)

The Check the Facts Skill

How to Check the Facts Skill Method 1

How to Check the Facts Skill Method 2

The Opposite Action Skill (Coming Soon)

Intro to Problem Solving (Coming Soon)

The ABC Skill: Accumulate Positive Experiences/Emotions, Build Mastery, Cope Ahead

List of Values and Priorities

List of Pleasant Events

How can I build positive experiences?

The PLEASE Skill (Coming Soon)

Troubleshooting Emotion Regulation Skills (Coming Soon)

Other Information:

What is Self-Enquiry?

What is Urge-Surfing?

I need help identifying emotions?

How can I let go of emotional suffering?

How do I cope with interpersonal problems?

NOTE: This post will be updated on a semi-regular basis as we add more DBT posts to the blog. If you’re seeing a reblogged version of this, be sure to check the original post to see if it has been updated.  This is a Work In Progress and will be updated regularly as I write more posts.   Each time I write a post, it will get immediately added to the list.   Also additional posts may be added that are not already included on this list.  Now that the inbox has been re-opened, feel free to request one of the topics on this list that you would like me to prioritize.  I’m currently in the process of learning the Emotion Regulation unit, so those posts are likely a couple weeks away at least and I won’t be able to get to them if they’re requested until I’ve learned about them in my DBT group. This post will be reblogged every time four or five new DBT posts have been added to it, so that you can have an up-to-date record.

-Pandora

[healingschemas-deactivated20201]

DBT Self-Help Resources: Self-esteem journal

Use this worksheet to help you to build confidence and improve your self-esteem.

[user64290]

i really need this.

[wishuponawish]

Executive Dysfunction

For those who don’t know what ExDys is, a rough summary would be, “Doing stuf is hard.” Think you’re a lazy person, and wish you weren’t? It’s probably this. Executive Functioning is every part of your mental process that is involved in doing a task, from time management, prioritizing, and planning, to starting it, and focusing on it. Executive Dysfunction is when that’s buggered up a little bit or a lot. It’s extremely common in ASD and ADHD, as well as depression and anxiety disorders, and degenerative disorders like Parkinson’s and MS, and a whole bunch more. It’s very commonly (and dangerously) mistaken for laziness. 

So, I have seen a lot of posts on Executive Dysfunction and they’ve been very helpful. However, the tips are often mixed in with people’s stories and personal accounts. It can sometimes be difficult to find the important information, so I decided to collect and summarize a bunch of tips.

Not everything is helpful for everyone, and none of these are specifically study/homework/college/uni/work tips. Some of these might be over-simplified, feel free to google a specific tip to get more detail on it or whatever. Do what works, and feel free to add to this list!.

H.A.L.T.: Are you:

Hungry? Eat something.

Angry? Redirect your focus.

Lonely? Talk to someone.

Tired? Have a nap.

Use a planner or app. Get used to checking it regularly.

In the morning or better still, the night before, write a list of what you need to do that day / the next day.

Write your list in the order you intend to do your task

Break down tasks into steps as much as you need to..

Every third or fourth or fifth line on your list (or wherever it fits best) leave a line free. This breaks up your list, makes it look less overwhelming, and you can focus on getting through one group at a time.

Is there something, anything in this task you’re averse to? ELIMINATE IT. If that’s not possible, minimize the thing/s as much as you can.

Don’t like doing stuff where people might look at you? Find a way to do it when / where people aren’t around.

Are there sensory issues? eg. you don’t like the feel of touching food while washing dishes? Wear rubber gloves.

Alternate between tasks you enjoy and tasks you don’t.

Play fun music! Or an audiobook, or a podcast. Something to make the task more enjoyable.

Do the task for just five minutes. Doesn’t matter if you stop after those five and do something else, just as long as you get started on it.

Use the timer method. Time somewhere between 15-30 minutes (The Pomodoro technique puts it at 25 minutes) for you to do work. When the timer goes off, set the timer for 5-10 minutes, so you can take an active break.

Active break ideas include:

Taking a walk around the block

Talking to someone

Making yourself a snack

Passive breaks include reading a book, or playing on your phone. Don’t do those. It won’t work, you’ll stay on your break forever.

Don’t like the sudden ring of chimers? Make a playlist (off shuffle) with 15-30 minutes of non-lyrical music (like classical or video game soundtracks) for your work. Follow this with 5-10 minutes of white noise, for your breaks.

Too keep track of time’s existence, search the play or apple store for an hourly chimer app. Many of these can have the chimer regularity changed (eg hourly, or every 30 min, or 15 min)

If you’re getting restless, do some exercise.

Walk around the block

Do some squats, pressups, starjumps, whatever works.

If Tumblr’s a distraction, refresh the page often, and soon you’ll run out of new posts to read.

Or get an app / extension that blocks other apps / websites. Like StayFocused. 

Instead of saying, “I should do this” or “I need to get up now”, ask yourself “When will I do this?” or “When will I be ready to get up?”

Count down from 10 (or 15, or 20) and on zero, get up and do the thing.

Don’t put the thing down, put it away.

Meal prep two times a week. This can save you money as well.

Plan / lay out your outfit the night before.

[fyp-psychology]

PSYCHOLOGY MASTER POST #1

As human beings, our greatest incline is to find out how the human psyche works. The enigmatic mind often holds the questions to our truest desires and why we function the way we do. From psychology facts to relationship research and Carl Jung’s famous studies about extroverts and introverts, we introduce a wide range of psychology articles to feed your brain.

23 Psychological Life Hacks

Study Shows That “Male” And “Female” Brains Are A Myth

15 clever psychological tricks that everyone should know

Why Wait? The Psychological Origins of Procrastination

Theories of Motivation

Science Of Persuasion

12 Intriguing Facts About How The Human Brain Functions

Psychologists Explain Why Intelligent People Have Fewer Friends

Scientists Discover That The Human Brain Processes Rejection Like Physical Pain

The Surprising And Varying Kinds Of Intelligence- Which One Is Yours?

Where’s the ‘Real’ You  —  in Your Head or Your Heart?

New Scientific Study Reveals 4 Kinds Of Couples Exist -  Can You Identify Which One You Belong to?

Psychologist Reveals How To Know When You Are Happy

11 Things Introverts Are The Best At

How Negative Thinking Changes Your Brain

The Brain of an Anxious Person Functions Different than Those Without Anxiety. This is How it Affects Your Reality

Empathy Is Actually A Choice

Empathy VS. Sympathy

Researchers find Physical Differences in Empathetic Peoples’ Brains

5 Techniques For Empaths To Prevent Depression And Anxiety

Study Reveals That Those Who Listen to Emotional and Sad Music Are More Empathetic

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