Sometimes obsessive, negative thoughts, memories of mistakes, anxiety about the future, or a habit of constant introspection interferes with enjoying life. Learn to control your stream of consciousness and you will feel differently.
Instructions
Step 1
Realize that the habit of thinking too much robs you of the pleasure of taking in what is happening around you to the fullest. You shouldn't spend a significant part of your inner resources on rethinking your whole life. There are more rational ways to spend your own energy.
Step 2
Surrender to the power of the senses. Art will help you with this. When you hear a beautiful melody, watch an engaging movie, read an interesting book with a dynamic plot, or enjoy the work of sculptors, artists and architects, the part of your mind that is responsible for perception takes over the analytical brain block.
Step 3
Don't try to explain and understand everything. There are some points that you just need to accept. In pursuit of building a clear and logical model of your universe, you can miss many of the most interesting events that are happening around. The paradox is that as a result of your reflections on the meaning of life and the way to achieve happiness, you can come to a simple conclusion: you need to live as you live and enjoy every moment. So why not immediately abandon reflection and obsession with philosophy?
Step 4
Stop worrying about the unpleasant moments of your past. They have already happened, and you cannot change it. But you can make sure that your mistakes were not in vain. Learn from unpleasant situations and correct your behavior.
Step 5
Understand that there is no point in worrying too much about the future. Of course, you need to take care of some moments, but not to such an extent as to poison yourself the moment "now". You cannot predict how the situation might develop in the future. Life can make its own adjustments.
Step 6
Stop caring too much about what people think or say about you. It happens that one glance or a careless phrase gives an impressionable person the basis for experiences for the whole sleepless night. Do not seek approval from the outside, do not be so suspicious and do not think out for others.
Step 7
Learn to relax. It will not be alcohol or sweets that will help you with this. Use deep breathing technique, meditation. Just sit in silence and look out the window. Listen to soft music or take a bath. Drink herbal tea and go to bed. Drive away all thoughts and imagine a seashore with slowly oncoming waves, a starry sky or a field of bright colors.
Step 8
Distract from thoughts to actions. Clean up, go for a walk, play sports, tinker, take care of flowers, sew or knit. You yourself will not notice how there will be no trace of heavy thoughts.
