Sunday, April 26, 2015

Don’t complain!!



Everybody likes to complain. There is nothing wrong in it, if you don’t change it in an obsession of finding all possible disadvantages of your life. 
When you get up in the morning and you think: „oh no... working day... AGAIN!”, „oh no... what a terrible weather!”, „I am sick of this”, „My boss always annoys me!”, etc. consider for a moment that other people don’t have a job and they would have done everything to be in your place.
Instead of complaining about lack of money, think that others have less than you have. If you are reading this post, means that you have enough money to have Internet connection and a PC or smart phone or any other electronic device which allows you to surf the Internet.
Remember that complaining is not a solution to your problems. Your life will not change if you complain. Simple!
What changes instead is your mood. You feel worse and worse, you start to see more problems... it’s becoming a vicious circle full of negativity! Is it what you want in your life?

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Cognitive Distortions – How much are you distorting your life?

Language we use everyday shows and reflects how we see the world. We try to “catch” our thoughts and ideas and describe with words everything that we see and feel.
Unfortunately, we inevitably lose in translation what we want to transmit.
We lose it through generalizations, deletion of information, cognitive distortions and many, many more.
Distortion takes place when we care and focus more about some ideas and experiences than about others. We do these things unconsciously and consciously. The way we do it gives many clues of our deep beliefs about ourselves and the rest of the world.
Here are 10 most popular cognitive distortions: