ACTION AND DISTRACTION
There’s just a couple of points I wanted to mention…
Action
Many of the tips involve a practical, physical activity. When I’m feeling down for any reason, I try to ‘do’ something.
It could be one of the tips above or gardening, walking the dog, cleaning my home. Anything that stops me thinking inwardly and gets me focusing on moving my body in some way.
Exercise has many great benefits for both body and mind and a quick 10 minutes doing something active definitely seems to help my mind too.
Distraction
The other tip I’ve found which helps is to remove myself from my current thoughts.
So, either get a change of scene by getting out of the house (going for a drive, going for a coffee) or by focusing on something or someone else. It could be practicing mindfulness (focus on eating a piece of chocolate), watching the news or phoning a friend to say hi.
These things take you away from dwelling on your own internal thoughts, even temporarily, and instead make you think of other things, outside of you.
Sometimes we just need a distraction to get us out of a funk.