Today, I would like to share with you some information I recently read which I found very interesting. Not all of it is new, but I feel that we often forget about these things which can be so helpful.

What I’m talking about is helping yourself by reducing rumination, improving focus (Adhd) and dealing with any emotional challenges.

There is some research work that suggests that training the working memory, especially the emotional working memory, has the clinical potential to reduce rumination and symptoms of anxiety.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158220303259

Many people living with ADHD tend to have difficulty with their working-memory capacity, and this deficit could be responsible for their tendency to be distracted and resulting problems at school, at work or in other areas of their lives. Apparently, the same might apply to people living with any emotional challenging mental disorder.

So, the question is what do we need to do to improve our working memory?

Below is a link for some fun games to try to improve the working memory but feel free to use your own games:

https://games.aarp.org/games/daily-jigsaw

Another helpful game to improve the emotional working memory can be learning to understand emotions

https://emotionslab.org/games/what-are-they-feeling/

What are your favourite brain games and in what ways did playing them help you?

How can the practise of mindfulness help?

The practice of mindfulness is another great way to improve life in general but specifically also the working memory capacity while reducing mind wandering. Mindfulness helps to calm the mind and strengthen focus which can be very helpful to keep us in the present moment and getting less triggered. Here are just 2 ways of many to practise:

10 Minute Guidhttps://youtu.be/VUjiXcfKBn8ed Breathing Meditation

20 Minute Guided Meditation to Build Emotional Resilience

Helping yourself is always a great option but sometimes it’s simply not enough and professional support is required.

If you feel that you need more guided support please reach out to your doctor or a therapist.

7cups has online, certified therapists with a paid option. For more information click on link https://www.7cups.com/online-therapy/?ob=1

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