Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in Friday 15 September 2017

Happy Friday Everyone!

I'd like to focus on daily acts of kindness and gratitude. Let's look at the positive aspects of doing three kind gestures a day as well as listed three things you're thankful for.(keep in mind three is just a goal) These two activities have a good chance of raising your mood level. Having PTSD can make it hard to feel happiness. For me, my mood lifts when I do something nice for someone else and when I'm finding myself being grateful. Kindness is one activity I can enjoy doing while feeling that happiness factor. In an article from Psychology Today Lisa Ferentz, Healing Traumas Wounds: Random Acts of Kindness explains its something we should stay mindful of and put into practice every day of the year. Gestures of kindness that are spontaneous and unsolicited really come from the heart and feel authentic to both the giver and the receiver. Its hard to describe the satisfaction you feel when you commit to an act of kindness with an open heart and no agenda. The ripple effect of kindness is profound. We all can make a real difference in the world when we treat one another with respect. It deepens a sense of connection and gratitude, and strengthens the notion that there is genuine goodness in the world.

As a person with PTSD at times we may loss sight that the world is a good place. Thus doing these two activities can help you tremendously.

In an article from psychology today.

One of the core principles of positive psychology is generating positive emotion by deploying strengths. If people feel grateful, they act kindly. They learn to understand that others have struggles and challenges and appreciate their own blessings - sharing kindness. The neuroscience and social science research is clear: kindness changes the brain by the experience of kindness. People do not learn kindness by only thinking about it and talking about it. Kindness best learned by feeling it so that they can reproduce it. An odd fact is. A theory or "reciprocal altruism" suggests that kind acts are most often directed toward individuals who are likely to repay us in the future (Trivers, 1971). ... Evolutionary psychologist.

Let's get out there and do three nice things today. Then write down three things you're thankful for today.

1.What are three kind things you can do today?

2. What are three things you're thankful for?

3. After you've accomplished your goals did your mood get better?

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