How to stop mental exhaustion?

Many times, we are always trapped in a period of thought, unable to struggle out for a long time, it is really "cut constantly, rationalize and mess", the more we think about it, the more sluggish we become, the more we think about it, the worse it becomes, this phenomenon is called mental internal friction. Mental exhaustion is very common and harmful, not only can it make people feel tired and tired, but it can even lead to self-doubt. Next, we will list a few ways to help stop mental exhaustion.

1. Divert attention

When you are confused about something that needs to be solved urgently, but cannot be solved at this time, dwelling on it will only give you endless thoughts and nothing good. Consider dealing with something else first, or turn your attention elsewhere and try not to think about it. In this way, you can not only avoid dwelling on this, but also wait for the right time and place, and everything will fall into place.

Refer to the idea of doing questions in high school exams. When you encounter a very familiar problem but have no idea to solve the problem for a while, you might as well do the next question first, and then look back at the original question after completion, it seems that you have a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

2. Catharsis bad emotions

There are many things that we can't really figure out why we are afraid and why we are internally spent. At this point, stop obsessing over figuring everything out at once. Try to vent your bad emotions and control them so that they don't affect you.

There are many ways to vent your emotions, you can choose to watch a comedy movie and laugh uncontrollably; You can consider exercising and sweating; You can try to do a meditation to purify and let go of emptiness. Just choose a way that you find useful and pull you back from the storm in time.

3. Accept imperfections

Many times we always have high expectations of ourselves, and if we do not meet our expectations, we will fall into deep self-doubt, thinking that others are excellent and ourselves are not good. This is a big mistake, and remind yourself that there is no such thing as a perfect thing in the world, let alone compare your own shortcomings with the strengths of others.

Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance, and you must learn to accept your imperfections, and accept that things will develop in the direction of imperfections.

Speak with action

The reason why internal friction is so harmful is that it is purely the accumulation of the mind and the brain. Internal friction only stays in thinking, but does not put into action.

For example, if we are worried about the bad results of the final exam, then prepare well during the exam week, and continue to carry out it with purpose and arrangement every day, and on the day of the exam, we will naturally be confident and victorious. However, if you are just worried about bad grades, do not act, and continue to mess up, the exam week will be tormented by the contradiction of incomparably anxious and incomparably empty, and the final results will be a mess.

The above has summarized some methods that I think are beneficial to stop internal friction, and I hope it can help you.

How to stop and avoid mental exhaustion

(1) Take control of your own thoughts

Think about it: What actually happens when we are caught up in mental exhaustion? We are surrounded by all kinds of negative thoughts about ourselves, caught up in confrontation and wrestling with them, and we feel exhausted.

So, how to deal with it? Completely free from all kinds of negative thoughts? It's difficult, but we can do it:

Stay away from distractions, which are regulating negative emotions, the easiest and most effective method. When you get upset about what you're doing, you can immediately stop it and go do something else and move your thoughts elsewhere.

(2) Exercise concentration and perception ability

Find a comfortable position, close your eyes, take a breath for about 10 seconds, focus on your breathing, experience the breathing process, and don't care about the thoughts that go back and forth in your head, and don't suppress it. Lasts about 10-15 minutes.

(3) Attention conversion and saturation

Why are we distracted when we are working? The most critical reason is this: what we are doing at hand does not attract our interest 100 percent, our attention is not saturated enough and idle resources are generated.

A simple way to do this is to saturate our attention by increasing the demand for attention for what we are doing at hand.

Turn the action into the default mode

From the previous analysis, you can see:The main problem of mental exhaustion is that it consumes our motivation and blocks our actions.

This sentence is also true in reverse: the most effective way to overcome mental exhaustion is actually to cultivate the habit of acting on oneself.

So, a basic principle is:

If you can't think of a particularly powerful reason not to do something, then give preference to doing it.

1.Clearly position self-awareness.

"Thinking too much" often stems from a lack of clarity in self-awareness.

If you don't know the lower limit of your ability, you often worry that you can't do simple things well; If you don't know the limits of your abilities enough, it will be difficult to take the first step of common sense, and you will only feel sorry for yourself in your heart.

Therefore, it is very important to have a clear orientation to the perception of the self.

Knowing one's own abilities can enhance one's self-efficacy and further improve one's motivation and interest in action, thereby reducing the phenomenon of "thinking too much" and reducing the adverse effects of mental internal friction.

2.Stop procrastinating.

There are only two things that can make us worried, one is the regret of the past; The second is what has not yet happened in the future.

We can't make up for the regrets of the past; But we can do our best to accomplish the things in the future, and the first step is to stop procrastinating.

Most of us usually procrastinate not to suspend tasks to rest and adjust, but to have tasks that should be done but are unwilling to do them, just to kill the present time through some repetitive meaningless things, until the deadline is reached.

However, the pending tasks have always stood in our hearts, so that we can not have peace of mind to entertain and rest, and stuck in the last point to complete the task, it is often difficult to give full play to our strength, so we return to the first point we just mentioned, which will make it difficult for us to form a clear self-awareness.

Therefore, you should raise your awareness of the prohibition of procrastination, and be alert to yourself at every moment when you want to procrastinate, stop!

3.Grasp the decision point and act.

It's interesting to see how often we warn ourselves not to procrastinate, but we find it hard to make up our minds to be too ourselves, so we say to ourselves, "I'll start after two more minutes." ”

Or there are people who always like to find the hour to start the action, but after setting such a flag in their hearts, by the time you react to act, maybe an hour or two has inadvertently slipped away.

We refer to the "action" thoughts that pop up in our minds while playing as "decision points".

Many times, it is easy for us to let the thoughts that arise at the decision point pass by in a flash, so the subconscious procrastination arises.

Therefore, it is important to grasp the choice point.

Consciously pay attention to the idea of "action" when you make a decision, immediately put down the game in your hand, start taking action to complete the task, and procrastination can be eliminated!

4.Don't go too far for perfection and reward yourself at the right time.

The reinforcement of the behaviorist school is well applied at this point.

Rewarding at the right time can help us effectively elevate and maintain external motivation, thereby enhancing our motivation to act.

We must have a long-term vision, choose a path that suits us, and have the courage to face innovation. Be good at analyzing yourself and don't put yourself on a shortcut. Exit mental internal friction, compete reasonably, keep the pace, and avoid futility.

So how to avoid mental exhaustion, the following suggestions are very important.

1. Know what you want to get.

This is an era full of "involution" and "lying flat", but I think young people can properly ridicule themselves under the pressure of mental internal friction, and can give themselves a short break to think and review, but they need to adjust their state in time, or think about what to do next.

2. Face your own shortcomings.

Receiving praise from others is something that we all want to get, but if others point out our shortcomings and shortcomings, it may be unhappy or uncomfortable, but when we face our shortcomings rationally and bravely, then success is not far away.

It takes courage to face our shortcomings and inadequacies, and we need to learn further, break the old self and reinvent the new self. Each of us has shortcomings, and reading and studying all day is to gain knowledge and the truth of doing things, and learn how to treat the people around us fairly and justly.

3. Study hard and improve your own advantages.

In the process of our growth, academic performance is an important prerequisite for determining personal strength, obtaining a good diploma is a stepping stone to employment, and it is necessary to improve the level of knowledge, but a diploma does not mean everything, it is just a certain way to success. It is undeniable that proper academic pressure can promote the growth of college students, and a better future can only be achieved if they have a solid understanding of professional theory and practice.

4. Adjust your mentality.

College students should be happy to compete, and maintaining a good mindset is the key to success. The advent of the era of spiritual internal friction means that most people in society are in a state of anxiety that is not at ease. In this regard, we should adjust our mentality and learn to accept every day of life.

You should also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and cultivate some hobbies to relieve psychological pressure.

5. Do your best and acknowledge boundaries.

There is no doubt that each of us is limited in our abilities, which means that we are always in a state of improvement, so just do your best. In any case, there are more options than one might think. Do what interests and entertains you, and stick to it.

If it succeeds, it will be an unexpected reward. If you can't do it, but you do your best, it's okay to have a clear conscience.

6. Clear planning.

If you set your goals too high, you should make some adjustments, consider the worst-case scenario, let go of your obsessions, and learn to accept the end result. Having a clear goal and putting in the right amount of energy will help you work hard every day and help you get on the path you want.

By thinking more about your behavioral habits, finding your core competencies, cultivating them, and taking action in a way that suits you. Don't blindly follow the trend, what suits others may not be suitable for you, and don't blindly follow other people's behavior.

Do you often compare your good grades with your past and your friends, and then fall into self-denial, low self-esteem, and anxiety? Sometimes you don't do anything, but you just feel tired? Intermittently make a lot of plans for yourself, but often procrastinate or don't do them at all?

In fact, these are all manifestations of mental internal friction. So how do you stop mental exhaustion? Here are a few suggestions I give.

Learn to accept imperfections

No one in this world is perfect, and since there is no perfect person, learn to reconcile with your imperfect self。Facing up to your own shortcomings and appreciating your own strengths is the key to reducing internal friction. Everyone is not perfect, don't create a perfect benchmark image for yourself in your heart.

Often people with mental internal friction expect everything to be perfect, if there is a slight substandard will fall into a state of internal friction, only by accepting imperfection, the result is closer to perfection. oftenLook down on the results and don't worry too much about the results, the process itself will be much easier.

Don't be too demanding of yourself, let yourself go, and do what you can. Before doing things, go all out, even if you can't do it, it doesn't matter, find the shortcomings and correct them, and you will be better in the future. Don't expect too much from things, otherwise the outcome of things is too far from what you expected at the beginning, and you will not be able to accept it and doubt yourself.

Do what we can controlFor example, participate in competitions to choose what we are good at, find a job and choose the field we are good at......Choose what we are good at, and the results will be good, and when we get positive feedback, it will motivate us to become more confident.

Eliminate negative emotionsWhen there is mental exhaustion,Stay away from people and things around you that have negative emotions。The generation of personal emotions comes more from one's own beliefs. If you feel that you have been in a state of mental internal friction for a long time and are easily affected by many things, it is better to try to change your thinking beliefs, and it will not take long to completely get rid of mental internal friction.

Find some exercises that are suitable for relaxing your body and mind, such as yoga, meditation, running, etc. Focusing on the exercise itself can also free oneself from the inside.

"Things come to conform, the future is not welcome, the present is not mixed, and the past is not in love. ”

1. Be an upright person, ask questions if you don't understand, use straight line thinking to solve doubts, and bypass the link of internal friction.

If you are a sensitive person, when you encounter ambiguous words spoken by others, you will constantly figure out the intention of the other person to say this, so you will start boundless internal friction, but if you ask him to explain the words clearly in person and solve the doubts in his heart, maybe others just can't express it clearly, and it's not worth thinking about it at all

This is straight-line thinking, what you don't understand face-to-face communication, from the beginning to eliminate misunderstandings, is a seemingly stupid but actually wise approach.

2. Confide in the outside world in a timely manner.

1.Talk to family and friends.

Do you remember the feeling of confiding in your loved ones about things that you have been depressed for a long time, as if the stone in your heart has been put down? It's easier to say something you can't figure out, and you can let someone else give you ideas, of course, find someone you can trust.

2.Pour out your thoughts in the form of a note.

There is not just one way to talk to someone, but it can also be expressed in words. Her insights into life are written as essays and published on relevant platforms, and readers connect with them through her words3. Let go of yourself, it's useless to think so much, and learn to enjoy the happiness of the moment.

If there is something that bothers you, either solve it or don't think about it, because it can't be solved, and thinking about it will not advance the matter, it will only increase the troubles.

The real difference in life is actionInstead of spending your time thinking about it, you should start doing something tangible. For example, to learn a skill, to go outside and have a look. Skills can bring you income from side hustles, and playing can increase your knowledge and experience life, which is better than sitting and thinking about it

4. Do aerobic exercise, meditation, and travel.

It is very difficult for people who are in severe mental exhaustion to come out in a short period of time, as I wrote at the beginning, they will think things uncontrollably, and then you advise them not to think cranky, or divert their attention obviously to no avail.

I have personally experienced that the effective method is exercise. Whenever I realize that something bad is budding, I do a few sets of cardio or change into gym clothes and go for a run in the park. The process of running is pure and enjoyable, because when you are running, your attention can only be used on how to run more comfortably, how to save effort, and how to run longerAnd when the body is in a state of exercise, it will automatically secrete dopamine and endorphins, and people will naturally become happy and happy.