I ran across an ad for this York University psychological study on Facebook, of all places. The name, "Project Hope", intrigued me. As I read more, I found that it's about how psychological exercises can improve your mood and help with anxiety and depression.
Sign me up.
It's pretty intensive - you have to log into it every day for a period of time, but it's worth a shot. My first exercise involves writing down one positive childhood memory a day for a week. The email outlining the exercise mentioned that we tend to focus on negative, traumatic memories of childhood, which sets us up for anxiety and depression.
They're right. I'm sitting here trying to think of my earliest positive childhood memory, and all that comes to me is my mother in the hospital when I was two, being molested by a baby-sitter at the age of four, and my father passed out drunk on the bathroom floor when I was six.
This is going to be harder than I thought. But hopefully worthwhile in the end. I'll let you know how it goes.
7 comments:
Sounds interesting. Keep up the hard work.
It really is easy to remember the shitstorms in life.
This sounds like a good exercise.
The earliest positive childhood memory I can remember right now is of the time when I was two and puked up mushrooms all over the floor in front of the Avon Lady. My mother was horrified, but I thought it was hilarious and laughed my bloody head off.
It's odd how we usually remember the bad things instead of the good.
Sometimes it helps to have triggers, like smells or pictures. You could try going through your kitchen and smelling things or flip through old photo albums.
i'm glad to see you posting. :) we've all missed you.
Sounds like a really good excersize. Good luck. Smoochies.
earliest memories ... when i was 3, my baby sitter (this lovely old scottich women we called Nonny - never knew her real name) sewed all the silverware for lunch to the table cloth with my dad's fishing line. It was Aprils Fool's. Dad tried to pick up his fork and everything went all over the place. dad was pissed but me and mom and nonny howled like banshees.
i wonder if that's where i learned the whole together estrogen makes us stronger idea ;)
any positive active focus is good for you savia - even if the path to it is through the ugly ugly stuff.
big hugs
**Hugs**
Post a Comment