Doom Spiral: When Negative Thoughts Get Out of Control by Gary Drevich

Signs you're dealing with chatter (CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE)

I’ve translated Kross’s descriptions of chatter into a collection of symptoms based on cognitive, physical, and emotional categories.

Cognitive Signs

• Difficulty concentrating

• Obsessive focus and repetition of bad outcomes

• Rumination, or rehashing of past events

• Worry, through the anxious imagining of future events

Physical Signs

• Feeling pressure in your chest

• High heart rate/blood pressure

• Gastrointestinal issues

• Sleep issues

Emotional Signs

• Easily irritated/angered

• Feeling low-level fear or dread

• Feeling isolated

• Feeling powerless or like surrendering

Whether you fall into chatter in response to a one-off stressful event or you realize that chatter is more of a chronic issue, you’ll notice these symptoms playing out in your day.

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Quiet Quitting: Stopping Overworking

Whether the subject is hustle culture or “quiet quitting,” the new TikTok phenomenon launched a thousand editorials, and the subtext is always the same. Work is a problem, and we dream of ways to solve it. The trend was to grind harder or cobble a living from side gigs for a while. The pandemic shifted perspectives. Workers don’t want to hustle. They want to reclaim their time. CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

The Truth Behind Quiet Quting

The Danger of Encouraging ‘Positive Thinking’ With Depression by Jill Alexandra

Depression is not a choice. We can’t “choose” how we feel as a result of our depression. We work hard every day to be the happiest, healthiest people we can be. Yet there will always be times when the depression wins — and we need to know that we are loved no matter what. We’d love to just “be happy,” but it doesn’t work that way. So please, next time you try to tell someone with depression that they should just think more positively, remember that by doing so, you are implying that their depression is their fault. CLICK Here FOR THE ARTICLE by Jill Alexandra!

https://themighty.com/topic/depression/why-you-shouldnt-tell-someone-with-depression-to-think-positively/

How Meditating Helps You with Difficult Emotions/MINDFUL →

Meditation is not all calm and peaceful. It opens up a space to see what’s going on in your mind, including the vivid and powerful movement of your emotions—up, down, and sideways. You can learn to fight with them less and make friends with them more. CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

Getting Started: Emotions was compiled by Barry Boyce, editor-in-chief of Mindful, in consultation with:

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, director of the MBSR program at Duke University’s Center for Integrative Medicine. Author of Calming Your Angry Mind.

Vinny Ferraro, meditation teacher and senior trainer, Mindful Schools.

Stefanie Goldstein, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and co-author of the audio program: Mindful Solutions for Addiction and Relapse Prevention.

Christa Turksma, child-clinical psychologist and specialist in developing mindfulness for teachers and families.