Have you ever found yourself in a position where you felt
surrounded by emotional darkness, in a position where you found it very hard to
focus on the positive things, a time where you felt that nothing was working
and generally unwanted, unloved or even worthless?
I’m sure at some point everyone has experienced a similar feeling
in their lives. What can you do to help bring yourself out of this negative or
bad emotional state? There are several strategies one of my favorite is to use
the principal that only light can drive out the dark. What I mean by that is to
consciously change your focus from negative to positive, it’s not always easy
but being aware of your current state, and what you can do to change it can be
a wonderful fist step to intentionally spending more time in a better state, in
a frame of mind that serves yourself and others in a positive way.
I like to use a strategy I learnt called emotional flooding.
The process involves thinking of as many positive aspects, things, people in
your life as possible, and visualize these positive things entering your body
and filling your heart with joy. As these positive thoughts, memories dreams
flow into your mind your nervous system will start to feel joy, your body
posture and physiology will change, and you will start to feel more grateful
and happy. Together the process will change your state of mind, and will start
to train the nervous system how to feel good and focus on the positive. The
more you do this the easier it will be for your body to move to a positive
state and out of a negative one. Of
course the reverse is also true. Where focus goes energy flows.
