2023-07-23 06:18:57
We usually arrive at vacationphysically and mentally tired and in autopilot mode. For everyone, the summer is key to reset the mind, reset connections y order priorities. go off the beat fast al slow a from multitask a la mono conscious activity is part of that roadmap that will allow us rest and above all, disconnect. Our brain It takes time to adjust to new beat. “Rest and disconnection are physical and mental experiences. In fact, when our body is already in the vacation spot, our mind may not have “arrived” yet. A minimum of days is necessaryto give our brain time to get used to the sudden decrease in professional activity and understand that we are now in another stage”, explains the psychologist David Lanzas.
How to reduce the mental load on vacation
One of the factors that most influence our mental exhaustion is the mental load. And the main source of this constant noise usually comes from our interior. “Worries, ruminationscatastrophic fantasies, fears, demands, self-criticism… The greatest cause of internal suffering is our talking mind”, explains psychologist Belén Colomina. But another great source of mind noise comes to us from outside. As? In form of on sensory stimulation, junk ideas that we consume without realizing it, information overload through technology… What would happen if we silenced these three sources of mental load from the first day of vacation? We propose a different trip for this summer. “We have the great power to generate suffering for our mind or, on the contrary, to restore calmto alleviate it. But, for this, we need to listen to each other internally. if my level internal noise is very loud I will not be able to hear my need to stop, to share, to increase my social life, to laugh… I will live in the dissatisfaction constant”, explains Belén Colomina.
3 daily decisions that reduce the mental load on vacation
to listen you need silence. to help your mind to get rid of a good part of the load that prevents you from disconnect and rest on vacationtry doing this:
1. Avoid (bad) news to protect your mood.
Activate your experiential mind to silence your talking mind.
As simple as not reading them. According to the 2022 report of the Archyde.com Institute for the Study of Journalismthere are more and more people who decide avoid certain information To minimize negative effects on your mood. And 36% of those of the Spanish Those surveyed prefer not to read negative news because of their mental health, 43% do so because they feel discouraged by the repetitiveness of the news agenda, 29% are exhausted by the amount of news, 17% affirm that it provokes arguments that they would prefer to avoid, and 16% feel powerless. “The consumption of negative news can emotionally affect the person who consumes that information: they are stimuli for the emotional brainwho interprets and manages them well or badly according to the resources, learning and emotional habits of each one”, explains Mireia Caberoprofessor at the UOC’s Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences.
2. Activate your experiential mind to silence your speaking mind.
Avoid (bad) news to protect your mood.
“Our greatest ally to reduce the mind noise is the experiential mind: return to the sensesto more organic cycles”, explains Belén Colomina. “We live in a state of wandering and wandering mind that jumps from one thought to another generating a lot of noise, worriesfears, pending tasks… We need to land it, rest it, detoxify it, reset it, oxygenate it and, from there, establish positive qualities such as learning to focus on the good of the day or an activity. The meditation It is nothing other than cultivating and familiarizing your mind with virtuous states, not with noise and dissatisfaction but with what heals it. For example? “Naps walkingwalk, contemplate the landscape, activate your senses, listen to the birds, the breeze of the wind on your skin, the changes of light, feel your body at walk, Your breathing. activate your experiential mind. If you manage to do it for 5 minutes a day you will have done a great one”.
3. Write a notebook of emotions to release the mental load.
Write a notebook of emotions to release the mental load.
He emotions notebook It is a very useful tool to give outlet to our emotions and thoughts. According to Catalina Hoffman, an expert in cognitive stimulation and brain training “is designed to remove everything that disturbs us and can lead us to more”, at a specific moment. Emotions, thoughts and negative feelingsconsume a lot of energy at the brain levelhe. The emotions notebook is a scape valve that we offer to our brain to release all the negativity that invades us in a present moment. That is, you can use it whenever you feel you need to release something, even every day. In this way, you indicate to your brain which can get rid of that thought-emotion that blocks you
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