Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in: Friday April 12th
Hey Trauma Family,
Another Day of ACT series, this is the last one
Day 16: Live a Life of Vitality .Goal: To learn how to live a life of vitality.
Imagine that life is like driving a bus and that your problems are like passengers that come aboard your bus. You have a choice whether you drive your bus into the acceptance and commitment cycle or the control and avoidance cycle. On both cycles, problems will occur regularly, but on the acceptance and commitment cycle, progress is being created since you see that there is a distinction between you, the driver of the bus, and the passengers you carry. You are living a more vital, flexible, and values-based life. When the other path is taken, you will likely spiral down in a narrower, more struggle-based and less flexible life. Life is a choice. The choice here is not about whether or not to have pain. It is whether or not to live a valued, meaningful life.
Change your behavior exercise:
Focus on values as your compass to guide your behaviors
Keep the focus on things you have control over (avoid pulling in requirements and expectations for other people, places, and things as these are out of our control)
Be flexible, mindful, and accepting when implementing behavior change since willingness and adaptability are more important than desire for success
It is important to tie this knowledge about changing behavior with the ideal direction of your behavior change, which is towards your values. This means you will not listen to your thoughts and feelings when they begin pulling you towards the same ineffective ways of responding to situations and issues in life. Instead, you will
remember what your values are and examine whether your current ways of thinking, behaving, and responding are in line with these values.
Bonus Activity:
Compare your thoughts on changing your behaviour today from your thoughts on Day 15[link].
Congratulations! You have just completed the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Self Help Guide. We have covered quite a bit in this course. It will be important for you to hold on to your new insights and practice them regularly.
Questions
How are you all feeling today the good the bad everything inbetween
Is there a Topic you'd like me to do next time
Did you Enjoy the ACT series you can find them all in
previous Check - Ins although some are spread out and are any of you interested in me doing a post where i link all 16 in it so you can go to them at anytime
What Events would you like to See Trauma Hosting
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I would like a link to the rest of the ACT series if possible.
Also would like to see discussions brought back.
Thank you for being here. I may not reply a lot but I do appreciate what you do.
@RedHawk6547 ill get them all linked in a thread then and use check in tag so people can find them if they choose ill get that done as soon as i can
