Want to boost your well-being while you’re on social media? Try these three tricks. https://t.co/ECv6Azh3jz
— Psychology Today (@PsychToday) November 10, 2019
1. Reframe your experience
The ability to regulate and manage our emotions
crucially affects how we experience negative emotions, and therefore, how resilient we are. One strategy, in particular, has been shown to boost resilience, even in the face of stress. This strategy is cognitive reappraisal
—or reframing a stressful event in order to change one’s emotional response to it.
2. Take an outsiders point of view
These days, we are so immersed in our experiences—what we feel, what we think, what happened to us. As a result, we may get mentally stuck in our own negativity. But it turns out that emotionally distancing yourself from your own experience (i.e., looking at it from an outsider’s perspective) can help you feel better and be more resilient.
3. Practice time travel
There is so much happening every day, every second, every time you scroll on social media that the present moment can feel overwhelming. That’s why another strategy that can be helpful is to look at your situation from another point in time. This technique helps dampen your emotions and boost resilience because you can start to see that your current negative emotions are not permanent—they will end, and this can make them feel less intimidating.