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Steps to increase positive emotions:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Build up positive experiences.<\/div>\n
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Short term: Do things you are able to do right now<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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  • \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0increase the number of things that create positive emotions for you.<\/li>\n
  • Do at least one thing. a day of pleasurable things that gives you positive emotions<\/li>\n
  • Make a list of these things that gives you positive emotions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Long term: Change your life in such a way that positive things occure more often. Build up a life that is worth living.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    • focus on your goals: Do more and more positive things.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Make a list of positive things that you want and set them as goals one by one.<\/li>\n
    • Take small steps towards your goal.<\/li>\n
    • Pay attention to your relationships; friends, family and loved ones.<\/li>\n
    • Repair old relations (if not harmful).<\/li>\n
    • Make new friends (mind your boundaries)<\/li>\n
    • work on your existing relations.<\/li>\n
    • AVOID AVOIDANCE. Avoid giving up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      \u00a0<\/span>One day at a time, one step at a time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      Take notice of positive experiences. (even when small)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      • \u00a0<\/span>Set your focus in the direction of positive things that happen.<\/li>\n
      • Re-focus when you lose focus and your thoughts wander of to negative things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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        Don’t pay attention to worries\/sorrows.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        Distract your attention from:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        • Thoughts about THE END of the positive experience.<\/li>\n
        • Thoughts about if you DESERVE this positive experience.<\/li>\n
        • Thoughts about how much more people will expect from you now.<\/li>\n
        • Focus on now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Steps to increase positive emotions: \u00a0Build up positive experiences. \u00a0 Short term: Do things you are able to do right now \u00a0\u00a0increase the number of things that create positive emotions for you. Do at least one thing. a day of pleasurable things that gives you positive emotions Make a list of these things that gives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[745],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotion-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2543,"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisperedwords.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}