Emotional Working Memory

[mlerules]

Sometimes you get stuck in rut w/badness/angst and cannot recall the good times (even if'n not very long ago) or conjure up upcoming good times. At these times, your emotional working memory needs a jog. Music may work. Or good smells. Getting out and ridding yr mind of cobwebs may well, too.

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[evilgerbil.livejournal.com]

I try to keep photos around. That way if I'm in a funk and feel like no one loves me, I can look at photos of me with friends. Of course, even that doesn't always help if the funk is very stubborn...

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Ah, another very good way to combat the blues - thx for the good 'n' wise suggestion.

[gcuvier.livejournal.com]

I try to get moving - cleaning, dancing, exercising, something. Or I shake up my routine and do something I don't normally do. The novelty seems to feed my brain and reset it nicely. Yesterday's cheap seats movie was just the ticket to banish my blues.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the getting moving will indeed work...but it's often precisely what I have a hard time doing. And since I really don't have a routine, doing something I don't normally do ain't so easy to find...although heading out to Powell's downtown this afternoon seemed to do the trick nicely.

Glad that yesterday's cheap seats movie worked wonders for you!

[fjorlief.livejournal.com]

I find that getting outside and going walkabout often clears away the mental funk and cobwebs, even if all I do is walk around the neighborhood... There are always new things to look at, plants doing new things, or by travelling a different route, there are new yards and gardens to look at. And if all else fails, I look at the sky, it is like the ocean for me, though not as pleasant smelling, but always there and always changing... somehow this helps

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

if all else fails, I look at the sky, it is like the ocean for me, though not as pleasant smelling, but always there and always changing

I do the same thing myself, but I've never articulated it quite like this, so thanks for the insight along such realms...much appreciated. :-)

[hollyteige.livejournal.com]

I actually made a "good times" memory list years ago in a therapy arc that I still use today. It hasn't always been as helpful as I'd like but just the idea of sifting through little recollections that made/make me smile is helpful.

Best wishes for good sifting...hugs.