How to Use Positive Reframe Strategies for Stress Relief

Sometimes when a day seems stressful or overwhelming, relaxation is just a positivereframeaway. Positive reframe strategies take the 'stress' out of stressors — when we reframe, we look at the same situation in a new way that highlights possibilities rather than the "threats" involved.

Once we broaden our perspectives with positive reframes, we are able to see more opportunities. More importantly, we canfeel less stressedalmost immediately. Try the following positive reframe strategies below. They can turn your next bad day into a day of new possibilities.

1. 检查什么强调你。Rather thanruminatingin feelings of frustration and helplessness, look at your situation with fresh eyes. What aspects of your situation are stressing you the most? What needs do you have that aren't being met? Where do you feel alack of control? Become aware, if you aren't already, of the parts of your situation that you would most like to change if you could.
2. Look for What You Can Change.This first step may seem obvious, but it's not always done. When you reframe, you change your perspective on things. When looking for what you can change, brainstorm for as many possibilities as you can, without judging right away if you can or can't do them. Instead of thinking, 'I wishI could change this,' or even, 'CanI change this?', try thinking, 'How我可以改变这个吗？“您可能无法改变一切，但随着情况的积极遗憾，您可能会看到您之前不了解的可能性。
3. 寻找好处。If you're in a situation you truly can't change, or if there are aspects you can't change, you can reframe your thoughts and change the way you feel about it by finding benefits in the situation you face. What opportunities might be found amidst the rubble? What strengths might you have gained by simply working through this? When you're looking for benefits, it doesn't mean you gloss over negatives; you simply notice positives as well and focus on them.
4. 找出Humor.Have you ever felt that someday you'll look back at this and laugh? Why notlet 'someday' be today, and laugh now? When you reframe for humor, you find the aspects of your situation that are so absurd that you can't help but laugh. You can often turn the most stressful aspects of a situation into the funniest, and share those bits of humor with those closest to you (or your 600 closest friends on Facebook) and receive support in the form of shared laughter.找出humorin a stressful situation and the benefits of laughter as you reframe your way into a good laugh.

Tips

1. 了解有关乐观主义者和悲观主义者之间的差异的更多信息，以及乐观主义的好处.Test your current status(optimist vs. pessimist) and learn tobe more of an optimistwhile you're at it.
2. Maintaining a欣喜杂志is a great way to naturally work toward altering your outlook and honing your knack for the positive reframe. It's easy, too, so I encourage you to start tonight.