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Low mood and hard feelings

Feelings are information before they are problems. The practices here are about naming what you feel accurately, sitting with what will not move yet, and acting on what matters to you even on the days nothing feels like anything.

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Question the thought Longer Clear all

Theme · Question the thought

When everything feels flat 5 When you use something to cope 4 Tolerate distress 2 Question the thought 1 Shame 1

How long you have · Longer

A minute 4 Five minutes 5 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

A belief you have carried since childhood will not fall over because you asked it a good question this afternoon. You are planting something, not winning an argument.

The temptation, once a thought starts to look flimsy, is to press harder, and pressing usually makes the belief dig in. Leave the question where it…

LongerQuestion the thoughtCBTQur’an 20:114