How to reset your mental health

How to reset your mental health

The stress, anxiety, and overwhelm of the past few years have taken a toll on us. But there are signs that the worst of the pandemic is behind us and it’s time to start thinking about our mental health.

More specifically, we should look for ways to reset.

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4 Tips for a Mental Health Reset

Have you ever played a Nintendo 64? Do you remember what you do when the game won’t load? You will pull out the cartridge, turn it upside down, and blow on it. This always seems to work.

Thinking about mental health resets in this way can be helpful. The goal is not to fundamentally change or reshape your brain. The goal is just to blow away some unwanted junk so you can think clearly and function on an emotional level.

There are several proactive steps you can take:

1. Start a journal

Did you know that journaling can help you manage mental health conditions and symptoms such as stress, anxiety, and even depression and bipolar disorder? Whether you’re a writer or not (or even if you love to write) – the benefits are obvious. Journaling helps you process your emotions, take stock of your thoughts, and process your feelings within the safe and controlled parameters of the page.

Everyone is different, but we recommend incorporating journaling into your daily routine. Set a timer for 20 minutes and start writing down your thoughts.

“The best way to use a journal to process your thoughts and feelings is to write down what happened in your life that day,” Mental Health America advises. “Discuss what happened to you, how you feel about it, and what worries you have. Keep writing until your timer goes off or you feel better.”

Don’t worry about spelling, grammar, sentence structure, or even the flow of input. The goal is not to have a perfect entry that you can turn into an article or chapter in a book. The real healing comes from pushing those thoughts from your brain to your fingers to the pages of your journal.

2. Establish default procedures

When there is so much uncertainty in your life, having a default routine helps. This acts as a stabilizer in fluid environments that are beyond your control.

Ideally, this default routine will continue throughout the day. However, you are unlikely to have a perfect routine 24 hours a day. But you should be able to manage your morning routine.

For example, getting up, letting the dog out, making coffee, reading, journaling, eating breakfast, showering, and driving to work. This may seem simple at a macro level, but it’s a routine you can rely on.

3. Use Tuning Fork Therapy

You may think your body is solid, but it’s actually rhythmic and harmonious. This means it can easily get out of alignment or “out of tune”. In order to realign your mind and body, you need to correct these vibrational inconsistencies and stimulate your body to repair itself. Tuning fork therapy is one of the most effective and convenient options.

Tuning fork therapy uses tuning forks set to different frequencies to help relax muscle tension, reduce anxiety, and open up energy pathways that encourage a state of balance in the brain. Consider making it part of your daily routine.

4. Use the friend system

Researchers have found that finding a “buddy” to help you stay on track and avoid negative habits that can further damage your mental health can be very effective. It actually increases oxytocin, your “rush” hormone. As a result, you are 35% less likely to crave unhealthy substances or habits.

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Restart for a better future

No matter how hard the past few years have been for you, there is always an opportunity to hit the reset button and put yourself in a better position—mentally, emotionally, and in relationships with others.

You don’t have to do everything on this list, but you can start somewhere. Whether it’s journaling, tuning fork therapy, counseling, or a combination of other measures, rebooting and refocusing can be valuable.

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