Recurring Memories.
Memories can be great, particularly when they leave you in a much better frame of mood and mind. However, what about those nasty recurring flashes of when things did not go the way you would have liked?
If one isn't careful, those nostalgic memories can become overwhelmed by reliving those nasty or not so positive times. There can be all sorts of negative experiences ranging from the mildly embarrassing to the terrible or traumatic.
Childhood memories can be an absolute array of experiences and could be as specific as a child being sick in front of the whole class to the poor teacher who came to help and got her arm covered in all the stomach churning chaos. When memories are so eventful, even the smell at another time can be a pungent reminder.
If you thought that was bad enough, even better can be those clumsy recounts similar to when on walking home from school you feel an urge to show off to your friends and do a bit of walking backward only to in actual fact trip over your own feet, almost pull out a few carefully planted shrub rows on your way down to and to top it off cause a guffaw of laughter for totally the wrong reason.
Just when you think that those embarrassing mistakes are in the past, you might years later cause new memories to form when you are trimming the hedge, and inadvertently chop through the electric cable. How about the old palpitation-inducing reminder whereby when you mislay your car by walking into the wrong multi storey car park and have a panic attack thinking someone has stolen your car!
Is there a remedy to calm your shattered nerves? Apparently the human mind can conventionally only think of one thing at a time. So in place of those embarrassing thoughts, replace and recall happier times such as coming second in the swimming baths at retrieving clothes pegs from a line for those that can not swim. While thinking about the swimming baths, think of those past rare but relaxing occasions when you were floating on your back in a heated pool or equivalent. Perhaps enjoy your close encounter with the chattering dolphins or relive the sound and atmosphere of being in Disney World.
Memories can be fun if you take control of how you review them. Thinking of happy memories can positively improve your mental and physical health while dwelling on the negative has been shown to have the opposite effect. When memories are concerned I think it is much better to focus on the positive and enhance what you do, think and feel about it.
If one isn't careful, those nostalgic memories can become overwhelmed by reliving those nasty or not so positive times. There can be all sorts of negative experiences ranging from the mildly embarrassing to the terrible or traumatic.
Childhood memories can be an absolute array of experiences and could be as specific as a child being sick in front of the whole class to the poor teacher who came to help and got her arm covered in all the stomach churning chaos. When memories are so eventful, even the smell at another time can be a pungent reminder.
If you thought that was bad enough, even better can be those clumsy recounts similar to when on walking home from school you feel an urge to show off to your friends and do a bit of walking backward only to in actual fact trip over your own feet, almost pull out a few carefully planted shrub rows on your way down to and to top it off cause a guffaw of laughter for totally the wrong reason.
Just when you think that those embarrassing mistakes are in the past, you might years later cause new memories to form when you are trimming the hedge, and inadvertently chop through the electric cable. How about the old palpitation-inducing reminder whereby when you mislay your car by walking into the wrong multi storey car park and have a panic attack thinking someone has stolen your car!
Is there a remedy to calm your shattered nerves? Apparently the human mind can conventionally only think of one thing at a time. So in place of those embarrassing thoughts, replace and recall happier times such as coming second in the swimming baths at retrieving clothes pegs from a line for those that can not swim. While thinking about the swimming baths, think of those past rare but relaxing occasions when you were floating on your back in a heated pool or equivalent. Perhaps enjoy your close encounter with the chattering dolphins or relive the sound and atmosphere of being in Disney World.
Memories can be fun if you take control of how you review them. Thinking of happy memories can positively improve your mental and physical health while dwelling on the negative has been shown to have the opposite effect. When memories are concerned I think it is much better to focus on the positive and enhance what you do, think and feel about it.
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