Night reading: 4 effective ways to get rid of "mental exhaustion"

Once when I was chatting with a friend, she said she didn’t know when it started, but she seemed to have lost interest in many things .

In the past, I would plan to go out and play or read books on weekends, but now I just want to lie in bed all day long. But even so, I still feel " very tired ."

Have you ever had a similar experience?

I get nervous easily when working. If I don’t do something well, I start to criticize myself and torture myself with other people’s comments.

When you encounter a problem that cannot be solved in a short time, you will doubt your ability and even doubt the meaning of your existence in this world; before going to bed at night, you will think about the trivial things during the day again and again, and the more you think, the more you can't sleep; you always feel pain somewhere in your body, but when you go to the hospital for examination, there is no problem; ...

If so, you may be in a state of mental exhaustion . Today I will share with you 4 effective ways to reduce mental exhaustion, hoping that everyone can have less mental exhaustion and more happiness.

01

Changing your mindset

From "emotional coping" to "problem coping"

There is a saying that goes "Don't act on impulse." Many people, when they encounter difficulties, first think of hiding themselves like an ostrich and escaping from reality. But we all know that even if we deny and escape, the problem is still there, and it may even become more and more serious because of the escape. So, instead of "thinking too much and doing too little", it is better to focus on "how to do it" , change from "emotional response" to "problem response", first acknowledge the existence of the problem, then analyze the key factors that lead to the problem, and finally try to solve the problem.

02

Find out the difficulties

Solve the main problem first

When something happens, there are bound to be a lot of things to deal with. At this time, you must not "grasp everything at once" and think that every aspect must be done well. The result is often "wanting everything but getting nothing". The correct approach should be to calm down, think carefully about the key points, and split them up step by step according to importance . For example, when you receive a request to "make a PPT", the most important issue should be to figure out the purpose of making this PPT and who it is for. As for other details such as PPT templates, picture size and clarity, they are secondary and do not need to be wasted too much time. Then, according to the above order of importance, divide the time for the whole "making a PPT" into segments and correspond to each segment. You will find that once you really start something, it is actually not that difficult. You are just "scared" by your own imagination in your mind.

03

Know Yourself

Do what you can

Teacher Luo Xiang once said: "For controllable things, be cautious; for uncontrollable things, be optimistic. People can only do things within their own capabilities. You have to accept this fact and deal with it with optimism." In life, the requirements of people around us seem to be to "challenge ourselves" and "not give up easily", but in fact, it is impossible for everyone to have deep skills at the beginning, and we need to keep learning, trying, and summarizing. Before improving our abilities, "knowing ourselves" is more important than blindly "surpassing ourselves" . We should have a correct evaluation of our abilities and do things within our abilities.

04

Create a “compliment list”

Learn to see the better self

If you are often unhappy because of someone else's words, or you are entangled for a long time because of someone else's inadvertent action, or every time something happens, you always see its negative side first, and you will imagine some bad things happening to yourself, such as: "I can't sleep at night, will I be late tomorrow?" "I spoke too directly to my boss today, will I lose my job?" Then, you can try to change the way you think, from negative self-criticism to positive self-encouragement. Create a compliment list for yourself , which can be a few small things that make you feel most accomplished that day, or compliments from others. A little bit accumulates into a lot, and when you are anxious, take it out and look through it, you will find that you are actually so good. When you consume too much inward, a sentence of "think more positively" may make you happier temporarily, but to completely get rid of this gloomy state, you still need some precise methodology.

With the above methods, you can “break down” your “mental exhaustion” one by one and try to heal yourself through actions!

Author: Tang Sisi