Cheer Up or Feel the Blues?
Let's face it, some days we just feel blah. Call it the blues, mild depression, a let-down after a fun weekend, or just a bad day, we all have those days when we're not feeling tip-top. Should we try to cheer up and reach for a positive attitude, or just go along with feeling a bit funky?
Research indicates there are definite advantages to taking some steps to cheer up. People who feel positive most of the time appear to not only be happier, but are healthier, too.
There are times when cheering up isn't an option. When a big-time tragedy or set-back strikes, feeling better personally is the last thing on our minds. In those situations, we're better off allowing the sadness or grief to run its course, as long as it gradually improves.
How to Cheer Up With Positive Psychology Exercises
But for those times when our blues have just seemed to settle around our shoulders for no apparent reason, there are many ways we can consciously improve our mental state. The following articles provide a wealth of good tips, some based on sound research findings of Positive Psychology, some on plain old common sense.
How to Cheer Up, How to Cheer Friends Up, and More:
- How To Cheer Up: When Bad Things Happen Here's How to Cheer Up.
When bad things happen it's helpful to have an arsenal of useful interventions to raise your spirits and improve your attitude. Six interventions that can help you cheer up and turn a blah day into an hooray day.
- How to Cheer Friends Up: A Unique Gift Idea to Cheer Up Friends and Lift Your Spirits Too.
Cheering up friends not only lifts their spirits, it lifts yours, too. Your unique gifts, when offered in support of another, will benefit your friends and you, too. Use these four suggestions when a friend is down and could use your help cheering up .
- Top Ten Ways To Cheer Up: How to Chase the Blues and Mild Depression.
At times, everyone gets the blues or feels mild depression without recognizing a specific reason for it. It can hit without warning, but we don't have to stay there for long. In fact, it's healthier for us to move as quickly as we can to a more positive mood. Use these ten suggestions for cheering up and turn your day around.
- Learn How To Feel Good: Cheer Up And Feel Better Now.
When you have the blues and are eager to learn how to feel better, use one or more of these four tips for cheering up and feeling good.
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Jerry Lopper - IPPA member, business and engineering degrees. Jerry's passion for personal development shows in 5 books, hundreds of articles & ...
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