Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Make your own 'feel good' mental movie

Let's face it, everyone has a day when we feel a bit under the weather and for some people, these days happen very often. That is very unfortunate because when you tend to have 'off days' or days whne you are off colour, you tend to keep a lot of the stress and anxiety inside of you and this in turn could accumulate and lead to more serious problems such as depression.

Wheen we feel that it might be difficult to get motivated or is just having a bad day, some of us would try to get over this by chatting with friends and family or just doing some things that you enjoy. That is great but a lot of times, some of us would like to be left alone and try to cope with it the best way that they can.

Recently, a client of mine did a creative visualization technique that helped her get through these bad days. And she realised that it worked so well that these off days started apprearing less often. Well here's what she did with her creative visualization:

- Picture a time when you are counselling a friend or just talking to a friend/family memeber to make them feel good.
- Remember to use all the tips to make the visualization effective, i.e in colour, make use of all five senses, see yourself smiling etc.
- Make this whole 'mind motivational movie' about 5 minutes or so.
- Keep repeating this movie about 5-10 times at first until this movie gets so familiar with your mind that you can 'see' more and more clearly each time you visualize it.
- Once you have done this, use this movie the moment you feel like you are having a bad day.

Remember to choose an occasion whe you are really at the top of your game for your 'feel good' anchor mind movie. This technique works very well over time, once your mind gets used to the occasion that you are trying to visualize. Try it! make your own 'feel good' movie today!

Ok, have yourselves a great day ahead! Happy 'movie making'!