Instant Feel-Good Techniques

Instant Feel-Good Techniques



 “Every thought you have impacts you.  By shifting in the middle of a weakening thought to one that strengthens, you raise your energy vibration and strengthen yourself and the immediate energy field.” – Dr. Wayne W Dyer

99% of our thinking is unconscious.  We have no clue of what we are thinking at almost any second of any day.  [For more info, see full article at http://www.selfgrow.co.za/2013/02/instant-feel-good-techniques/ ]

There are four brains in our skull, the left and right Neo-Cortex/Mammalian brains, the Cerebellum (“small brain” at the back of the head), and a rather scary brain, the Reptilian Brain, right in the middle of our head, on top of the spinal cord. 

This part of our brain contains all our emotional and hormonal functions and is capable only of the type of thinking and behaviour that a reptile, such as a crocodile, snake or chameleon, might have. 

It cannot understand language (like “calm down”/”this won’t hurt you”/”trust me”) or human-level rational thought, because it is able to function only at reptilian level.  This means it is programmed to ensure PHYSICAL survival at all cost (NOT emotional, social, self-actualizing, or spiritual well-being). Please see the article on Panic Attacks on my web site http://www.selfgrow.co.za/2008/12/panic-attacks/  to get more information about and pictures of the Reptilian brain.

As Dr. Dyer says, we need to change any feel-bad thoughts into feel-good thoughts as soon as we become aware of any distressing emotions, thoughts, ideas, images or ‘movies’ that we are allowing rent-free space in our minds. 

What’s more, any thought or feeling you hold in your mind for longer than 16 seconds, will impact the chemicals in your body either negatively or positively for several hours thereafter.  (Lynn Grabhorn: Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting).

Please note that it’s not enough to “think/read/hear” positive thoughts or stories; we actually have to create a very strong emotional content to the new thoughts we are trying to make part of our regular or ”default” patterns of thinking and responding in our universe. The most effective ways of actually changing the patterns in our unconscious mind, are

(1) handwriting (the most effective way) and

(2) speaking loudly, passionately and with strong emotion.

We can actually change even the genes we were born with, by the way we choose to think habitually [Dr. Bruce Lipton: The Biology of Belief, and The Psychology of Change]. So if we were born with a gene that makes us prone to cancer, we can cause our body cells to eliminate it completely!

SOME EASY INSTANT FEEL-GOOD TECHNIQUES:

1] Get rid of your bad feelings the moment they occur, by HANDWRITING them, and the experiences you believe caused tem, down - on paper, not in a book!  Spelling and grammar do not count!  All you want to do is to ‘drain out the bad stuff’ from your mind – no need to admire it, share it, or swallow it again.

Then shred (and recycle) or burn the putrid ‘medical waste’.

2] Next, begin to handwrite a long list of everything that is good in your life at that moment: Are you able to see, smell, taste, feel, or hear either beautiful or dangerous stimuli from your environment? 

Are you able to walk, sit, stand, swim, clean yourself, feed yourself, or have people who can help you with some of these?  Can you make friends, survive enemies, use transport, earn some money, have access to treatment for illness or bad feelings, read books for self-help or entertainment purposes, borrow money, declare yourself bankrupt?  How lucky you still are!

Use details, make lists, have a specific reason (or a thousand specific ones) that you are grateful for ‘my husband’, ‘my son’ or ‘my work’ etc.  You’ll never run out of gratitudes!

Use only words that suggest that life is or can be easy/easier, rewarding, effortless, etc. when you speak to yourself (i.e. think) or others (i.e. words, facial expressions, posture, gesture, grunts, yells, etc.).

3] Use inspiring phrases (which hypnotists use with great success) like:

“I’m so grateful and excited that I can effortlessly and easily achieve ‘x’, surprisingly quickly and feel really good, exponentially, every day/minute”

or “I want to feel good, and I INTEND to feel good” [Dr Wayne Dyer] etc.

Or use questions that create possibilities for positive change, like:

“What’s great/good in my life right now?” [Frederick Bailles]

or “How does it get any better than this?” [Access Consciousness]

or “I can!  Now how can I?” [Bill Harris], etc.

4] Challenge negative or judgmental thoughts, for instance, by asking:

“What can I find to praise instead of criticise, in this person, event, object, information, outcome, inconvenience, or situation?”

or “What can I learn from this?”

or “What’s actually absurd or silly about this?”

or “Why might that idea or belief of mine not necessarily be accurate/true?”, etc.

5] Enhance good experiences; diminishes bad ones; find the positive in anything:

“That glass of water tasted fantastic!”

“I feel enormously relieved!”

“The strong wing brought some great excitement – couldn’t stop watching the cute surfers!”

vs. “The wind is awful today.”

“I have a tiny nasal discomfort…” (not “The flu’s got hold of me again” – get that scary movie away from your precious mind!!!)

“This is an interesting challenge…” (not “I feel overwhelmed” – yech!)

6] Focus on something beautiful: nature, a pretty picture, postcard, dance performance,  web photo, your pet, or someone’s gorgeous abs! 

Focus on something positive: a quote, story, good news, movie.

Celebrate your successes, or what you’ve completed instead of moaning about less success, or what’s still left to do…

Focus on something humorous: It’s actually frequently medically documented fact that people with even terminal diseases were very soon completely healthy when they decided to spend their ‘last days’ watching only comedies, or doing the fun things they’d been too embarrassed or ‘proper’ to attempt before.  Sing a silly song!

7] And always find a way to make your BODY more comfortable in a challenging moment:  Breathe deeply and slowly, saying or thinking “I am love/kindness/joy/empowered/peace” etc. on every out breath. 

Have some water or tea.  Stretch gently.  Dance (even in a wheel chair!) or leap or skip.  Walk somewhere pleasant.  SMILE!!!  LAUGH deeply!  Move your limbs or torso or neck gently to a better posture. Put on something cooler… or warmer! 

Anoint your skin with aromatic oils or body lotion… Get a massage!  Put a cushion on that uncomfortable chair… and always wear comfortable shoes!

Best wishes and joyful prospering!

Reinette Steyn

February 2013