How To Get Mentally Unstuck – 8 Hints To Follow

How to Get Mentally Unstuck is the list to use whenever you feel mentally drained, dim, or defeated. 

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Life can be messy and confusing at times, and our mental capacity is stretched to the fullest to cope with its demands. We all know that because we all live it.

But this is why we need to recharge and refresh our minds to avoid becoming mentally stuck.

The hints I recommend below are simple to follow. As with any information, it is worth trying to apply them.

HOW TO GET MENTALLY UNSTUCK – 8 HINTS TO FOLLOW

ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE STUCK FOR NOW!

Feeling stuck sometimes is normal and unavoidable. But being mentally stuck can be a red flag to warn you that you are mentally overworked.

This fact is not surprising, considering that every day, 50,000-70,000 thoughts go through your head. In addition to those, you also have all the daily personal or professional duties that require your full attention.

All these actions, without the necessary break, can lead to stress and fatigue.

Because of this, it generates a kind of protective shield through this mental blockage not to make the situation worse than it is already.

Also, the lack of proper sleep and good hydration accentuates the state of blockage even more.

So, allow yourself to be stuck for now. Take advantage of the situation to give yourself a well-deserved rest break. It may be what you need at the moment.

Sometimes the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem.
– Albert Einstein –

CONNECT THE DOTS

When you feel mentally stuck, it is good to trace your thoughts back to the last time you felt good, resourceful, and productive and to catch the WHY.

Pay attention to what is going through your mind and why this is happening. Connect the dots (your thoughts) by looking backward to the root where the blockage was created.

In this manner, you recover, refresh your mind, and restore its proper functioning, able to move forward productively.

 DO A CURE WITH NEGATIVE IONS

If you take advantage of a break, also do a cure with negative ions. When negative ions are predominant in the atmosphere, general well-being is activated.

It clears your mind, raises morale, and reduces anxiety and stress. The mountain’s air contains this type of ions, but they are also generated in areas of moving waters, such as waterfalls, seas, oceans, or flowing springs.

On the other hand, when the concentration of positive ions predominates in the atmosphere, as in the cities, we can notice irritability and persistent fatigue.

So, for a while, get away from “the jungle of the city” and do a little self-reflection, lost in the simplicity and uniqueness of nature.

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The Effect of Negative Ions

BE MINDFUL (RAINBOW EXERCISE)

By being mindful, you turn off your autopilot mind and thus leave no room for those automatic negative thoughts to be created. As a result, you free your mind, start being present in your life, and focus on the things that matter.

I propose a simple but effective awareness practice by applying the Rainbow exercise. The rainbow has seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, as you know.

Do these colors refer to something in particular?

Maybe you guessed or already know the answer. If not, I’ll tell you.

The rainbow colors follow the same pattern as the chakra’s colors. By applying this exercise, you will not only be attentive and present to everything that surrounds you, but at the same time, you will also activate each chakra individually.

RAINBOW EXERCISE:

Assign a color to each day of the week:

Monday – Red

Tuesday – Orange

Wednesday – Yellow

Thursday – Green

Friday – Blue

Saturday – Indigo

Sunday – Violet

Start the exercise on Monday, and on that day, wherever you are: at home, at work, on the street, in the park with children, or on a terrace, focus your attention on things that contain the red color. ( a red scarf, a bird with red feathers, a jewel with a red stone, a flower, a mug, or any other things around you.)

Try to mentally collect a minimum of 20 red items on that day. The more you focus on doing this exercise, the more you will pay attention to details.

Thus, you refresh and stimulate your mind, turning your day into a funny one full of positivism.

You can do this exercise alone, but also be mindful when you are with your kids, involving their attention too. What could be more beautiful than being a child again for a moment?

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Living a Mindful Life – Be Aware of Your Present

Mindfulness with Kids – How to Be Happy and Present

 SHAKE UP THE THINGS

For new results, bring new energy. The energy of change breaks the daily monotonous cycle, and here I refer to making small changes that will get you out of that mental routine.

In this way, you will give your brain a much-needed workout to improve your cognitive skills.

• Try a new route, not the usual one

• Listen to a different genre of music

• Visit new places you wouldn’t usually go to

• Engage in discussions with people who have different perspectives from yours

• Change the place of things around the house to set the energy in motion

• Try new activities that you are not quite top-notch at

• Take the stairs instead of using the elevator

• Walk or ride a bike instead of driving

• If the right hand is predominant, start changing your hand when you engage in different activities.

The idea is that to give the brain enough stimulation, you must shake things and do something unusual.

FREE YOUR MIND (EXERCISE)

Another exercise proposed is to let your mind be free to create what it wants. For an entire minute, write on a piece of paper or the computer everything that comes to your mind: every word, idea, or phrase, without forcing them, without logic or a particular order.

Write what comes to your mind at that moment.

Perfect. Now that you have a list of random words, ideas, or phrases, take them, one by one, and associate them with an image that conveys exactly what the word or phrase refers to.

This freedom of expression seems to bring adrenaline to the stenography of information. It sets your wheels in motion and can bring new ideas for a business, profession, or personal life.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
– Albert Einstein – 

 CLEAN THE PHYSICAL SPACE

It is proven that, by cleaning the surrounding space you send a message on a subconscious level that you want more flow in your life.

In general, messy things have the power to keep you stuck. A messy room, with many things piled up and thrown here and there, barely lets you breathe, and in no way allows mental fluidity, focus, and creativity.

So, tidy up your space, and you will see how you will free your mind.

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How to Clean the Clutter from Your Life – Follow These 7 Steps

ASK FOR HELP

To ask for help is nothing to be ashamed of. To feel more comfortable, you can turn to someone you trust and think is resourceful. It can be a family member or your best friend.

Just ask them what they would do if they were in the same situation as you. They could give you new perspectives.

When all your mental decongestion attempts have no positive results, I recommend you turn to a professional who will help you discover why you are mentally stuck.

He will provide solutions to overcome the situation.

Being mentally stuck can be a cause of the reasons listed at the beginning of the article or, in the worst scenario, be due to a mental health disorder.

Sometimes, asking for help can be the most hopeful step to positive solutions.

BOTTOM LINE

The one-size-fits-all approach does not fit everyone. Although these suggestions are efficient and to the point, they could not work all for you.

In this case, please share in the comments below if you’ve tried any of them or if you have other effective ones to suggest.

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Till next time…

Find the “door” that keeps your mind free!

Diana O. Debreczeni

Founder of Dare and Be.

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