Avoid New Year’s Resolutions; Go for a Mental Health Mindset

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Avoid New Year’s Resolutions; Go for a Mental Health Mindset

It’s hard to believe that we’re off and running into 2020. New Year’s resolutions have been made, and there’s a good chance that some have already fallen by the wayside. There’s no shame in breaking resolutions, for the problem isn’t with you but lies with the concept of a New Year’s resolution. What if you thought in terms of a mental health mindset instead?

The Difference Between a New Year’s Resolution and a Mindset

There is a significant difference between a New Year’s resolution and a mental health mindset.  Resolutions tend to be abandoned or simply fade away. Almost everyone associates them with “temporary” and breaking them is nearly expected, which undermines the best of intentions. Often, they are superficial and lack purpose or meaning. Conversely, they can encompass too much and are so big they become overwhelming.

Shifting your perspective can help you achieve your goals for your year. Adopt a mental health mindset to set and achieve your vision for your healthy self. Unlike a resolution, a mindset:

• Is more than a statement
• Becomes internalized as a core belief, a perspective that influences your thoughts, emotions, and actions
• Is part of who you are
• Gradually becomes automatic and replaces negative beliefs and bad habits

What is your goal for yourself this year and beyond? Forget resolutions and make it your mental health mindset.

Related Articles Dealing with Mental Health Goals

• Are Your Yearly Goals Harmful To Your Mental Health?
• Let Your New Year’s Goals Lead You to Happiness
• Reasonable Expectations, Healthy Goals and Mental Illness
• Approach Your Goals Through Small Steps
• How Setting Intentions Improved My Confidence
• A Mentally Healthy Perspective Can Influence Your Mental Illness

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: What tips do you have for making and achieving your mental health goals this year? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• 5 Executive Dysfunction Coping Skills You Should Know
• How to Draw Boundaries for Friends’ Partners
• How to Reduce Travel Anxiety
• 20 Mindfulness Exercises to Help Anxiety in 2020 and Beyond
• Overstimulation and the Dissociative Brain
• Lying About Depression -- Smiling
• Realistic New Year's Resolutions for PTSD Sufferers
• Disordered Eating and Body Image in the Fitness Industry
• Resolutions in Mental Health Recovery: Pros and Cons
• Never Tell a Person with Depression to Lighten Up
• On Overcoming Mental Health Stigma
• Use the First Month of the New Year to Focus on Mental Health

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal: Do You Know All You Should?
2. What Is the Relationship Between PSTD and Shame?
3. Responding vs. Reacting to Verbal Abuse: What's the Difference?

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"You're going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you've been in this place before."

Read more anxiety quotes.

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