Three Strategies for Lifting Your Mood When You're Down

[SheltieLover]

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-well-being-toolkit/202009/three-strategies-lifting-your-mood-when-youre-down?amp

Cultivating well-being amidst difficulty.
Posted Sep 08, 2020

Three Strategies When You're Feeling Down

1. Beware the Second Arrow. There is a well-known Buddhist story about the two arrows in relation to human suffering. In this story the Buddha is asked about a person’s response to being struck by a first arrow and a second arrow. The Buddha explains that the first arrow represents the things in life that we cannot control. This first arrow is naturally painful, and inevitable. But the second arrow is our reaction to the difficult event, and the suffering caused by this second arrow is optional.

I have noticed in my own personal experience, and in the lives of my patients, that when we are struggling due to life’s difficulties (the first arrow) there is often a second arrow that follows it that sounds something like this: “What is wrong with me that I’m feeling this way?” “I should be feeling differently.” Or, “what if this feeling never ends and I feel like this tomorrow and the next day and the next.” When we resist our feelings, or worse, greet them with self-criticism, and when we get caught in emotion forecasting, this can make an already difficult situation feel far worse.

Much more at link. Good stuff!

[Awsi Dooger]

1. I enjoy watching my cat sprinklers in action

Marvelous fun. I've got the entire side of the block rooting for me, due to the ongoing nuisance of feral cats. This is the only successful remedy after all the nonsense with orange peels and cayenne pepper, etc. We now have 4 homes using this method. The properties finally smell normal again. For years the post lady would cover her nose while walking toward our front doors to deliver. That's how bad it was:

[hamsterjill]

6. Fun at the expense of an animal looking for food?

SMH...

[jcgoldie]

8. "nuisance"

You are very proud of mistreating animals. Congratulations.

[Laelth]

2. I work hard to avoid the second arrow if at all possible.

I am not always successful. From what I have seen, I am not alone.



-Laelth

[lucca18]

3. Thank you!

[hibbing]

4. Thanks for this

Got a few second arrows heading my way.

Peace

[StClone]

5. Organic White Tea Iced Mood lifter

A big batch with lemon, mint and sweetened with tart cherry concentrate daily. Winner!

This will last for six months https://www.frontiercoop.com/herbs-and-teas/teas/frontier-co-op-white-peony-white-tea-organic-1-lb/

Tart Cherry juices is loaded with melatonin more...https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-tart-cherry-juice-benefits

This is the best cherry juice https://www.instacart.com/products/91336-nature-blessed-cherry-concentrate-32-oz

[appalachiablue]

7. Music, nature, loved ones, animals, art: as much as you can get