Have a positive experience
Here is what I’ve written down in my H.E.A.L summary re. positive experiences. Maybe helpful for some:
A positive experience could be anything that feels pleasant, it is useful, and that you want to cultivate in your mind.
Some examples:
feeling good about yourself
being proud of something you’ve achieved
feelings of being liked, loved, loving, grateful
feeling safe, calm, relaxed, joyful
getting a hug, compliment, etc.
A positive experience could be:
intellectual understandings, Intentions, Skills, Moods, Abilities, Attitudes, Feelings
The key is to get something like a Felt Sense, some emotion, some feeling in your body, etc, so you can move beyond just some intellectual understanding towards an implicit emotional understanding in the following steps.
You can look for good facts in:
Your immediate situation
Current or recent events
Ongoing stable conditions
Yourself
The past
The future
The lives of others
The good in bad situations
Your imagination (things that have not yet happened or even things that will never happen)
Produce Good Facts: e.g. be kind and caring to others; share about good facts with others.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this comment! It feels really good to read this! :))
You might want to check out my other mental health posts as well!