Something Unpleasant Happened: How to Calm Down and Not Perceive What Happened as a Tragedy - A Simple Trick

26.03.2024 07:17

Sometimes people get very upset over problems that later seem not so serious.

We are talking about small quarrels with colleagues, a slight delay in the study/work schedule, problems with the car or computer, an accidental "F" of the child at school, etc.

"Why did I worry so much? I just wasted my nerves!" - people often think, who later realize that they should have stayed calm.

But how do you learn to stay cool when trouble happens?

There is one interesting psychological trick that helps you not to perceive what happened as a tragedy.

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A phrase that calms you down during difficult times

Are you facing some kind of trouble? Then mentally say the following: “It could have been worse…”

This trick seems primitive and ineffective only at first glance.

In fact, it turns out to be effective in most cases.

After all, a person begins to reason and comes to the conclusion that the situation could indeed have been more complicated.

The following understanding emerges: the problem is completely solvable, and if some bad consequences are inevitable, then there is no point in worrying - it cannot be prevented anyway.

Earlier we named 3 things for which you need to praise yourself.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief