A 5-Minute Challenging Exercise to Cultivate Resilience in Your Mind
No matter how prepared and in control you feel, sometimes things can go wrong. At this point, instead of worrying about things that could go wrong, the mentality of focusing on how you will deal with them can be much more constructive for you.
When everything is going well in your life, you may not want to think about the setbacks. But to truly improve your mental toughness, times when you feel good are crucial.
When you're in a personal crisis, your body and mind don't have the energy or time to get stronger. Of course, you can emerge stronger after these times, but the best opportunity for conscious growth occurs when you feel comfortable.
We will all have to deal with death and grief at some point in our lives. We will all face personal crises and feel down for some reason.
However, these obstacles never come in the correct perception of time in our minds. “Why now?”, as if we have control over external factors. We ask the question many times.
An exercise you can try even while reading.
We must accept that we are not in complete control of any aspect of our lives. That's why you can train your subconscious to alleviate the pain of certain events.
Meditating on what could go wrong when everything is going well is a much deeper action than what you consciously feel. What It Takes To Be Free In the book titled, this exercise consists of the following steps:
1) Sit or lie down in a comfortable place
2) Close your eyes
3) Think of an important person to you whose support you would always want to feel and whom you always trust.
4) Think about the good times you spent with him
5) Try to remember and feel the joy of the good times you spent with him.
6) Now, imagine you are alone in the room
7) Imagine getting a call from a number you don't know.
8) Turn on the phone
9) And imagine that you received the news of the death of the person you initially thought about
10) Feel that pain in your belly and that intense weight on top of you
After the mood you entered, you need to return to your daily life. After all, you don't have to stay stuck in this feeling. The important thing is to temporarily feel negative emotions and be more resistant to the shock state that may occur in similar events in the future.
You can also apply this exercise for all your fears. Exercise will not only make you more resilient in the face of unpleasant events, but it will also make you more grateful for the things you have in your life.
For example, you can do this meditation about being fired from your job or being broke. You may imagine that you made the wrong investment and everything fell apart. This way, you can feel more ready to start over when you experience a similar situation.
You don't have to do this exercise every day. Some people, when these types of exercises are shared, may interpret it as an essential element of every day. Doing it only when you think it is beneficial will also increase your efficiency after exercise.
Everything you say “This will never happen to me” can happen to you.
You can also do the mentioned exercise in case of illness or injury. Yes, perhaps a rather depressing exercise. I can't say that you will feel very good afterwards. However, I can say that it is empowering and gives a different perspective.
This exercise, which is based on gratitude, aims to make you realize how good your life is as it is now and to make you feel happier in the long run.