Psychology 02 (Feb 14 - Dec 27)

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One In Four Young People In The World Feels Lonely
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/one-f ... els-lonely

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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.

- George Washington

[behappyalways]

"Cuddle Cow" in the British countryside is a hit! A 3-hour relaxing experience for NT$1,500

英國鄉間「抱抱乳牛」爆紅! 3小時1500台幣放鬆體驗 ｜方念華｜FOCUS全球新聞 20231124 @tvbsfocus

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Q0c-WOkx4

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"The true secret of happiness, lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details, of daily life."

- WILLIAM MORRIS

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5 Steps To Change Fear Into Peace

by Tana Hoy

1. Become Conscious Of Your Thoughts

The first key to changing fear into peace, is to recognize that fear is self-created by our own internal dialogues, conscious or unconscious, as a result of focusing on the negative “boogey man ending ” we tell ourselves will happen.

2. Deny The Fear

Deny the fear and replace it with faith in your Higher Power. Faith is strengthened by using the power of factual hindsight! Why hindsight is always factual is because you already know what has happened in your past.

3. Reflect On The Past

Reflecting on your past, is the crystal ball to your future! By using hindsight, which is your crystal ball into your future, you will see where you biggest fears never came to pass. You will also see how your past got you to where you are now.

Focus on this idea with the understanding your Higher Power and the Angels were always with you, even when you couldn’t feel them because you were so caught up in fear!

4. Become Aware

Become aware of your negative self-talk in times of fear, and replace those thoughts with more positive, expansive ones.

5. Focus On What You Want

Focus on what you do want to happen, and forget (deny) what you fear is going to happen. So focus on what you want to happen, and deny the negative thoughts of what you “fear” will happen.

https://www.tanahoy.com/how-you-can-eli ... 3e68310bb1

[behappyalways]

Optimistic Mindset Linked To Poor Decision Making
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/opt ... ion-making

[winston]

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness and the word happy, would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

- Carl Jung

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Feeling lonely during the holidays? Millions feel the same

If the family is far, someone has passed, or there’s a conflict, all the emotions come out: grief, anger, disappointment and loneliness, of course.”

Stress, including financial, can amplify the feeling of loneliness.

To those struggling with loneliness this holiday season, clinicians recommend fostering meaningful connections and supporting emotional well-being.

“Focus on nurturing relationships that you already have and set boundaries with difficult relatives.

"If you can’t meet loved ones in person, organise regular video calls.

"Also, small acts of kindness can help you feel more connected to your community: simply compliment someone or offer help with heavy bags”.

Rising loneliness is a signal to start prioritising our own well-being instead of trying to meet unrealistic holiday expectations.

Even simple actions like reaching out to an old friend or setting up a video call with family can help ease the loneliness many feel this holiday season.

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/he ... l-the-same

[behappyalways]

Decapitated stress-relief dolls and water-filled dolls drive Chinese students into a frenzy of "abuse-style" stress relief.

解壓娃娃遭斷頭.灌水 陸學生瘋「虐待式」紓壓 ｜TVBS新聞 ‪@TVBSNEWS01‬

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWUGvmEcfU

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The one thing fear needs in order to survive

From a very young age, we're taught to think of love and fear as two equal, opposing forces – locked in a battle, with love supposedly winning in the end if you just try hard enough, work on yourself long enough, clear enough of the old stuff.

It's a comforting idea. And it's also a losing battle by design, because it's built on a false premise: That fear is a thing, in the same category as love, just pointed in the opposite direction.

It isn't.

Love is a presence. Love is omnipresent. It's simply, constantly there. Fear is not a rival presence standing across from it. Fear is what you experience in the absence of it. Nothing more mysterious than that.

Here's how you can actually feel the difference in your own life. Love doesn't need a story to exist. You can feel it fully in a quiet, ordinary moment, with no explanation required. No reason, no context.

Fear can't do that. Fear always needs a story to prop it up – a memory or prediction, a version of "this is happening because of that." Notice it the next time fear shows up: There's always a narrative running underneath it. That's because an absence can't sustain itself on its own. It has to borrow a story to feel real.

You have more leverage here than it might seem. You don't have to win an argument against fear, or fight it, or defeat it through sheer willpower. You just have to notice the story it's telling you, and instead of climbing inside that story and trying to fix it, gently step back toward what's actually constant. That presence you can access any time, right in your heart center, that never actually left.

When you make this shift, you're no longer seeking to become stronger than fear, staying stuck in a battle you can't win. You've stopped mistaking an absence for an opponent. It might surprise you how much this changes your experience.

Source: Saratoga Ocean