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Each week we will be sharing a tip from our school psychologist, Mrs. Rollins.

Combatting Depression Tip 1

As a follow-up on identifying irrational thoughts and reframing thoughts, I want to give out some tips to combat depression from Linda Esposito, a social worker who runs the Wired for Happy website. All the tips come from an article she posted on Psychology Today.

Her first recommendation is to avoid rumination. Rumination is over-analyzing an issue without coming to any new insight. A ruminator has difficulty getting out of a depressive thought cycle because they feel uncertain about how to move forward. Rumination is most often a sign that the person is about to enter an intense depressive episode. One way ruminators might try to break the cycle is to consult other people around them, but often their social support can break down. This happens because the friend or loved one offers advice or possible solutions, but the ruminator does not follow through and the supporter gets frustrated with their inaction and does not offer further support.

Instead, here are four rumination cycle breakers suggested by the American Psychological Association:

  1. Distraction – literally get them thinking about almost anything else. A movie, a book, a game, meditation, prayer, etc.
  2. Encourage taking very small actions to begin solving problems. If they start small and have some success, this can build their behavior momentum.
  3. Reframe your negative perception of events and high expectations of others. In other words, identify irrational thoughts and explore other explanations for how things turned out.
  4. Let go of unhealthy or unattainable goals, while developing multiple sources of self-esteem. For example, if I had a weight loss goal I wanted to make before buying some new clothes for work, I should let that go. I should dress up the body I have and make a more obtainable goal like going on more walks with my kids.

Consejo psicológico de la semana

Cada semana compartiremos un consejo de nuestra psicóloga escolar, la Sra. Rollins.

Consejo para combatir la depresión 1

Como continuación de la identificación de los pensamientos irracionales y el reencuadre de los pensamientos, quiero dar algunos consejos para combatir la depresión de Linda Esposito, una trabajadora social que dirige https://wiredforhappy.com/. Todos los consejos proceden de un artículo que publicó en Psychology Today.

Su primera recomendación es evitar la rumiación. La rumiación consiste en analizar en exceso un problema sin llegar a una nueva visión. Un rumiador tiene dificultades para salir de un ciclo de pensamiento depresivo porque se siente inseguro sobre cómo avanzar. La rumiación suele ser un signo de que la persona está a punto de entrar en un episodio depresivo intenso. Una forma en que los rumiantes pueden intentar romper el ciclo es consultar a otras personas de su entorno, pero a menudo su apoyo social puede romperse. Esto sucede porque el amigo o el ser querido ofrece consejos o posibles soluciones, pero el rumiador no sigue adelante y el partidario se frustra con su inacción y no ofrece más apoyo.

En su lugar, he aquí cuatro elementos para romper el ciclo de rumiación sugeridos por la Asociación Americana de Psicología:

  1. Distracción – literalmente, haz que piensen en casi cualquier otra cosa. Una película, un libro, un juego, meditación, oración, etc.
  2. Anime a realizar acciones muy pequeñas para empezar a resolver los problemas. Si empiezan con algo pequeño y tienen algo de éxito, esto puede hacer que su comportamiento cobre impulso.
  3. Reformule su percepción negativa de los acontecimientos y las altas expectativas de los demás. En otras palabras, identifique los pensamientos irracionales y explore otras explicaciones de cómo resultaron las cosas.
  4. Deje ir las metas poco saludables o inalcanzables, mientras desarrolla múltiples fuentes de autoestima. Por ejemplo, si tenía un objetivo de pérdida de peso que quería alcanzar antes de comprar ropa nueva para el trabajo, debería dejarlo pasar. Debería vestir el cuerpo que tengo y marcarme un objetivo más alcanzable, como salir a pasear más con mis hijos.

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