1 2 3 4 5 6 How to Overcome Bad Mental Hygiene Bad mental hygiene creates bad mental habits that must be overcome because they are unnecessary. You can develop good mental habits and avoid the bad ones. Well, it's not so easy but you can kick out craziness from your house and from your mind... Okay, anyway you can avoid "accepting" useless mental patterns and practice thinking right ..., but what does that mean and how? Correct the stressful events in a productive manner, if possible . If one can truly let go, overcome and ignore the problem, then that's fine. Don't entertain bad thoughts . If you find yourself getting agitated about something, begin to say: "It doesn't matter anymore. I will think about something else..."--and then read something, write a note or a letter. Watch a show on TV into which you can really get involved. Refuse to allow your speech or thinking to be negative and refuse to be taken over by anxiety or anger in your thoughts. Reject that thought. You can actuall y say t hat to y oursel f: "I reject that fretful or angry thought! " You can even say "Stop it!" to yourself. Command yourself silently to be quiet. When you find yourself talking too much, or thinking and even planning to say things that you will regret later, tell yourself mentally: "J ust shut up." Then do somethi ng to occupy your m ind-- and so you will actually change you thoughts to something else. Ac cep t yo ur ci rcum st an ces and yourself, and so don't hate yourself, but then say, "I can a nd wil l improve !!!" Become less flustered by minor events, fear, or disruptions, and then eventually you can handle major problems as well; so hold your head up, try to smile and soon you will not be as upset . Even if you are it doesn't have to be obvious. Let your anger out. Sublimate: So that you relieve and not let stress build up. J og, sing, practice piano or karate. Take a course. Blow off steam, or stress, in an acceptable manner that does not harm anyone. Expect your mind and mental habits to improve . The mind will attem pt to come up to expectat ions. S o expect good things in your Steps t he how to manual that you can edit Page 1 of 5 How to Ov ercome Bad Mental Hygi ene - wikiHow 27-06-2011 http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Bad-Mental-H...
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mind and in your life, and expect some more progress of yourself.Don't wait, or you may let it slide away.
Make proactive efforts to follow t hrough on your ideas,
make and keep promises and follow k ind and good p lans.Put your feet under your purposes. Walk in the path. Say,
"Hi!" Dial the phone. Write a " Thank You!" Work out
problems and differences little by little; it doesn't have to be
big changes--it's notall or nothing. Forget all or nothing;
just remember to keep your effor ts active an d see it workout: step by step!
Don't be hateful to your " friend/enemy" whic h means: be kind!
Getting your revenge interferes with your developing peace of mind--
using force or getting into fights will not change anger to peace of mind! But, do not try to change other people except by being kind
and thoughtful--regardless of what they may say or seem to think!
Let them see that you are stable and full of kindness; so do notthrow up your hands or slam doors or shout...
Avoid blaming or saying that others cause your problems but
rather take responsibility for anything that you could have
handled in a better way. Then set out to handle the presentsituation better.
Avoid b eing negative o r a " downer" : stop thinking and talkingdoom, despair and agony on yourself, buthelp paranoid people,
or you stop being paranoid yourself as much as possible, and
stop laughing off paranoia.
Examine "hearing" of second thoughts for validity. Realize that
if you "think up" and "clear up" what you heard--then you may no t
have heard it, as such. Avoid saying or thinking "I saw that look..." or
"I heard that..." These kinds of accusations lend themselves to
malicious misjudgment (or common paranoia), and so you should
doubt your negative interpretations of what you "heard" or "saw."Stop believing that you occasionally have oddly-clear
hearing whether in positive euphoria or negative disphoria (If
only a few words are so clear, then it very well may be yourimagination. If you hear whole paragraphs clearly from a
distance, then it is very likely your imagination trying to makesense of your good or bad feelings). Avoid accepting "your littlebird" (as in a little bird told me...) telling you that you have it all
figured out. Realize that you need to change. Make positive
efforts to achieve better goals.
Keep in mind that accusations and self-aggrandizing ego
cause other people to feel badly. Whether it is proved or not
-- or was just idle chatter!
Be fair and impartial in both your abstract and concrete
interpretations of passing moods, expressions or subtle
actions of others whom you do not trust--or whom you may
wish to control (without rights to do so).
Don't wrongly judge people on shallow or prejudicial bases.
There is a danger of falsely accusing one who is innocent, but is
a disfavored persona non grata to whom one may apply
perceptions that are based on hearsay or personal bias as
against a personally unacceptable orunwelcome individual."J udge not so that in turn you will not be judged..."
Stay on the subject--or get back on topic . Discipline yourself tobe "on point" and narrow your subject to be realistic; not too
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idealistic and don't be at all fatalistic! Avoid disorganized thinking bykeeping your thoughts and speech from meandering or rambling.
Don't allow yourself to make faces, to frown of gr imace at
people--or even go f lat as if you are so very ti red. So try to relaxmore often; smile more even when you don't feel much like it.
Avoid u nt imely laugh ing and " curs ing" for no real reason or
publicly talking to yourself --or uncommunicative mutterings orgiggling by yourself in public--but if you should do so, then
casually see whether anyone is watching or paying attention to
you and say, ""Pardon me! I just thought of something..." andchuckle a little, but don't bother to tell it or explain it!
Realize that you may be able to assume your attitude and
control your view point and the outlook which makes a real
difference and that sarcastic frowning, cynical pronouncementsand fatalistic declarations are "bad mental hygiene" and is a kind
of "craziness," which is self-defeating and is a bad mental habit--so brighten your outlook and so lighten your load.
Develop good habits by being o utgoing and not so much re-active as directly invo lved to achieve something and stay
engaged .
Give a little of your time and, perhaps, some funds to help themore needy of people that would use and seem to desire help;
this will help your mental habits to be positive, and your self-
fulfilling good purposes can become a new way--new good
habits!
Don't hold grudges. Develop your "new self image" without those
grudges. If you find yourself remembering an old meanness
someone did or said. J ust go to other thoughts: think about a new
thought. More about that follows...
Don't be set in your ways : "That was then--and this is now." Whichmeans "I can go on to something new, and I don't need to even think
about that anymore."
Don't hold on to junk in your mind! Dump the "junk" out of your conscious thoughts. Cleanse your mind--don't be doubleminded... Do not waiver or wanderer from your decided goal.
How? Read on:
Don't say I can't forgive. Say "I will forgive that." or "I will not
hold onto that old anger anymore." Try to forgive old wrongs
quickly by saying "I do forgive that!"
Declare, "I will not only forgive, but I will forget that!" Believethat you can overcome negative thinking, and then go on asif you do forget it. If it comes to mind say, "Oh well, it doesn'tmatter anymore!" You'll start to believe it. Forgive "without"
forgetting... or, forgive "and" forget.
Think it through, and keep your plan--not just one day at a
time, but one hour at a time! J ust start over when you mess-up.
Like a diet or an education; you may see very little change in a day
or even a year; so keep on doing the re-training yourself for the restof your life.
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