Being Thankful!! This emotion would help the individual to Strengthen one’s physiological and psychological well being even among people having psychological issues! If you feeling stressed or some sort of negativity in and around you, just be grateful for what you have! Because researches says, practicing Gratitude would restrain the negativity such as resentment, envy and also train your brain to be grateful in future too!!
People who count on their Blessings are tend to be Happier and less Depressed. There are few Psychological Benefits of Being Grateful like helping you to set free of your toxic emotions, helps you to behave in a pro social manner, reduces your aggressive feelings. And also helps you to strengthen and maintain your relationships better.
Most common reason for Low Self esteem is Social Comparison that we do. Researches shows that Grateful people are able to appreciate others for their accomplishments, which in turn improves Self Esteem.
Having a Gratitude Journal or Gratitude sentiment particularly before going to sleep helps the individual to sleep better and longer. According to a study of Applied Psychology Gratitude helps in Fostering Resilience – nothing but Bouncing back to the normal after a crisis/ trauma.
It is not necessary to tell other people about how grateful you are feeling for them, because even if you don’t share your gratitude journal, you can still enjoy the benefits out of it.
It takes time to build castles. ~ Irish Proverb. Yes! It takes time. Once you started writing the gratitude journal don’t look for the miracles immediately. Be patient and remember that benefits of Gratitude takes time to kick in.
Below is a sample/ basic plan of Gratitude journal:
- Just write a letter! out of the heart Count your Blessings.
- Start Noticing and Recognize the Good things around you.
- Be Grateful in your own style like through Meditation, Doing a Collage, Think while Walk’
- Have a Box to put Small notes of Gratitude.
- Engage in “mental subtraction.” Imagine what your life would be like if some positive event had not occurred.
- Write down “three good things”—identify three things that have gone well for you and identify the cause daily or in a regular basis.
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