Bulletin board by Cassandra Ruano

Pay attention to emotional pain

10cruano — 2024-08-30 18:08:33 UTC

Emotional pain like loneliness is an alert that you have suffered from an emotional wound and it needs to be treated. I personally deal with these wounds by talking with my friends and surrounding myself with people who make me feel welcome.

Redirect your gut reaction when you fail.

10cruano — 2024-08-30 23:40:45 UTC

Most people's initial reaction when they fail is to give up. But the best thing to do is to take a deep breath and try again. If you fail and you get frustrated and don't try again then you wont succeed but if you keep trying until then you will eventually succeed.

Monitor and protect your self-esteem

10cruano — 2024-08-30 23:47:21 UTC

Stop criticizing yourself, low self-esteem is a mental wound that needs to be treated. The wound wont heal unless you protect your self esteem and stop allowing criticism to bring you down.

When negative thoughts are taking over, disrupt them with positive distraction

10cruano — 2024-08-30 23:52:19 UTC

What I personally like to do when negative thoughts try to take over is cook. I really like cooking and it is a nice distraction to any negative thoughts that I have.

Find meaning in loss

10cruano — 2024-08-31 00:59:09 UTC

Loss can't always be prevented but what's most important is how you react to it. A change in mindset can especially help when dealing with loss. I personally like to think that when I am dealing with loss, something else that is more or equally as beautiful will come along.

Don't let excessive guilt linger

10cruano — 2024-08-31 01:10:56 UTC

Guilt is a normal thing and one should not feel ashamed about it. But it is not healthy to have excessive guilt. if you are feeling extremely guilty then you should own up to what you did. if that is not possible, then you should talk to someone who can help you understand more about why you are feeling that way (Psychiatrist, Doctor, Friend, Trusted Adult, Etc..)

Learn what treatments for emotional wounds work for you

10cruano — 2024-08-31 01:25:44 UTC

Everybody has different ways to cope with their stuff. But it is especially crucial to find ways to heal your emotional wounds. It is okay if you don't deal with your mental health and emotional wounds the same way that other people do. The most important thing is that you are getting help and healing.