Lathifa Humairo Al Ahmady (XII SCIENCE 3 / 20)

How not to be trapped in your mind

You stare at your bedroom ceiling, willing yourself to go to sleep. Thoughts race
through your head, you’ve got so many thoughts whirling around in your head that you
can’t escape them or you’re so focussed on one thing, obsessing over it, that you’re a
hostage to your own brain. However
it manifests, one thing is clear you
are trapped in your own mind,
overthinking. It can happen at any
time of day or night and can leave
people frozen in indecision.

We become trapped in our own

minds as a way to account for every
side of every situation, cover every
angle, and find possibilities for
whatever might go wrong. This leads
to us getting trapped in circles,
forever chasing our tails and making
no progress. Overthinking is also not healthy for our bodies. So, for those of you who are
still overthinking. I want you to be free from this.

These can help to break and escaping the prison of your mind.

1. Find a distraction
You can divert overthinking by involving yourself in activities that you like. For an
examples, learning a new skill, doing sport, studying, listening to the music, etc.

2. Challenge the Mind

Negative thoughts do sweep away. So, when we start thinking about bad things that
may not happen, be aware of these negative thoughts.

3. Recognize when you start overthinking

Mindfulness is the first step to ending excessive thinking. Watch how we think. When
the mind starts replaying an event, or worrying about things we have no control over,
realize that our thoughts are not productive.

4. Think positive
For example, one day your boss doesn't greet you when you pass by. So, in this
case, don't think that your boss doesn't greet you because he doesn't like your
performance. Change your way of thinking to positive things . Like, maybe your boss
doesn't greet you because he's busy and rushing to his room.

5. Be Grateful
 Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, it's better to focus on continuing to hone
your skills to support your future career.
 Lathifa Humairo Al Ahmady (XII SCIENCE 3 / 20)

How To Stop Hating Yourself

For most of us, the phrase "you are your own worst enemy" holds a lot of truth.
It is a painful reality that most of what limits us in our lives is our own feelings of
worthlessness and self-hatred. "I hate myself" is a fairly common thought. No one
wants to dislike themselves. So, if you’re struggling with self-hatred you might be
wondering how you ended up here. You better know how to stop hating yourself than
thinking about how you can hate yourself that can make you overthinking.

Here are some guidelines to stop us from hating ourselves.

1. Start small
You don’t have to absolutely love yourself right away. Start by having
compassion for yourself. Practice being kind to yourself. You don’t have to like
someone to be nice to them. You also
don’t have to like every single thing
about yourself. Start by finding one or
two small things that you do like
about yourself

2. Don’t define yourself by your

flaws or mistakes
Flaws are things you have.
Mistakes are things you do. They’re
not who you are.

3. Practice positive self-talk

Say positive things about yourself
out loud, just to yourself. If you can’t
think of anything, you don’t need to
lie. Just start small, maybe you’re not
ready to say “I am smart” or “I am
beautiful”. But if you’re reading this,
you can truthfully say “I am working
on myself.” It’s not about where you
are, but which direction you’re going.

4. Accept other people’s compliments

When people say nice things about you, don’t argue or roll your eyes. Just say
“thank you.” Try to believe that they mean it. Consider why they might have a point.
You can add this to your positive self-talk: “So-and-so told me I’m good at…”

5. Forgive people, including yourself

 Forgiving means recognizing something sucks and still loving the person (or
yourself) despite it. Why dealing with your own self-hatred is so important? Coz the
less you’re able to recognize and accept the parts of yourself that you don’t like, the
less you’ll be able to forgive and let go of the wrongs of others.

6. Treat yourself like a friend

For example, if you’re telling yourself that you’re a failure because you got fired,
try and imagine a friend coming to you with that same problem. Chances are you
would comfort them by encouraging them to accept the reasons why it happened,
how it doesn’t define their entire character, and how there will be other opportunities
out there for them.