How to make the "moving forward" attitude part of your daily life?

 

1. Positive Association.

To deal effectively with stressors, you need to look at what’s happening as a starting point for moving forward. 

❗Most psychological therapy techniques first bring you into a state of stress awareness and then combine that state with something pleasant, such as a positive attitude and communication with a psychologist.

2. Moving.

Up to this point, the attitude of moving forward has been presented as a way of thinking that serves as a way of dealing productively with stressful circumstances. 

Literal forward movement, as moving the body through space, also plays a role in the mind-body relationship to stress.

🔎Dr. Andrew Huberman of Stanford conducted a study to indicate the relationship between visual information, stress, and movement. It was shown that moving forward in the face of anxiety activates the brain's victory mechanism (associated with courage and bravery).

Why can physical movement help reduce stress?

The actual movement of objects around us as we walk calms some of the neural areas responsible for stress.

Expanding our field of view, as well as increasing the variety of objects, can be a simple way to reduce stress.

Another reason is ancient, hardwired mechanisms, the direct effect of stress, causing your pupils to dilate and narrow the angle of your view. 

Psychologist Francine Shapiro developed the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or "EMDR" technique. Studies have shown that eye movements inhibit fear-related amygdala activity, which is in the process of recovering traumatic memory. 

✅Regular walks outdoors are an effective method of implementing a pandemic mindset. Get out of the house every day. Look at the horizon, try to move your eyes around and, of course, breathe actively.