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Unpleasant experiences include both negative and negative emotions and feelings: something that is unpleasant for the person himself and (or) is a problem both for him and for those around him and for business. Considering the second side to be more important, in the future we will write “negative” experiences instead of “unpleasant” experiences.
Working with negative experiences — techniques and procedures that allow you to prevent negative experiences, get rid of negative experiences or use their positive aspects.
Important — not all negative experiences need to be removed, it is not always necessary to pay attention to negative experiences↑.
Working with negative experiences (fear, anger, resentment, shame, guilt, mental pain, other negative emotions, etc.) differs in each specific case, but it also has a lot of general principles. Effective work with fear can occur through different channels: through an appeal to the mind, body, soul and spirit of a person.
A mindful approach to negative experiences
A thinking person, with a good head, worries less. Faced with a large and difficult task, a reasonable person will not worry, but will break it into several smaller, simpler tasks. A reasonable person in a dangerous situation is not inclined to worry, but deals with what is happening, pulls up resources, calculates risks and makes optimal decisions. See →
Working with negative experiences through the body
A person who has had enough sleep and is physically strong is less susceptible to negative experiences. It is important to be able to introduce yourself into a state of cheerfulness and maintain your physically resourceful state. The body sustains us when we keep it alive with positive reinforcement of success and negative reinforcement of moments of negative experiences. Negative experiences go away when the body knows how to be relaxed. See →
Psychological work with negative experiences
This is work with the internal benefits of negative experiences, the search for an opportunity to interrupt negative experiences with other emotions, work with a picture of a negative experience and its connections with feelings. See →
Be above negative experiences
Those who have something to live for are not afraid of negative experiences. Working with the philosophy of life: the position of an angel. Dealing with attachments. Accept death, relax and smile. See →
Living experiences
What is called «experiencing» is a worldly attractive combination of different methods of working with emotions and feelings. For people with weak rational control and a habit of experiencing, it is the living of experiences that is the most natural option for reducing internal stress. At the same time, it should be taken into account that experiencing experiences immerses a person in himself, distracts attention from business, often provokes psychopathic behavior and is not suitable for a business format. See →
Dealing with Specific Negative Experiences
- Dealing with fear
- Dealing with pain
- Dealing with Anger
- Dealing with heartache
- Dealing with resentment