Help Improve Your Mood

Mood Swings?

1. Purge The Bad

Try and identify the moods you experience on a daily basis. Be aware of any negative thought patterns and write them down in a notebook.

Also, begin taking inventory of what currently isn’t working in your life – troubling relationships, health concerns or financial struggles. Write all those down.

To release the emotional tension this may cause, take the pieces of paper with all of the negative patterns and things not working in your life and burn them. As the paper burns, allow the negativity to disintegrate with it as well.

2. Take A Moment To Chill

When you feel your mood begin to change, take a moment to pause, breathe deeply and focus. Center your attention on something in the present, such as the sound of your breathing or the feeling of the wind on your skin.

By focusing your attention on something sensory you can take your mind away from negative thoughts and feelings.

If you feel overpowered during a mood swing and tend to lose rationality, sit down afterward and really think about what happened. Examine the event that changed your mood in relation to your reaction, and come up with a positive way of reacting to the same situation.

3. Seek Balance

Begin to assess all aspects of your lifestyle and address where you can improve.

• Can you get more exercise?

• Can you get more sleep?

• Can you eat a balanced diet?

Addressing unhealthy habits can positively impact your mood because you are in control. Nothing can stand in your way.

4. Switch It Up

Find other ways to deal with stress, anger and anxiety. Sometimes the solution is simple like reading a book while listening to classical music, or trying yoga.

Take that improv class you’ve always threatened to attend.

The important thing is making sure that you’re making a change for the better and forgetting about whatever stressors are getting you down.

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