Length:
15 minutes
Ruminating about our vulnerabilities can make us feel worse, even less resilient. Although it can be difficult, the turning point comes when you start working on how to overcome the vulnerability, or make it less painful.
Think of a situation when you felt less resilient. Let's see if we can 're-think' the situation:
- Is it possible that the way you were thinking about the situation was actually making it worse? It is often the way we ‘think’ about a situation that makes us feel what we feel.
- Might other people have thought about the same situation differently?
- Looking back on it, could you have thought about it in a more helpful way?
- What difference do you think it would have made if you had been able to think differently?
- Write notes on your reflections.
- Is there a step, however small, that you can take in the next week to help you move forward? Try writing it down - the evidence seems to show that committing an action to paper makes it more likely to happen.