MONDAY MOTIVATION - Steps to stop catastrophising (Patreon)

Happy Monday! Have you ever been in a situation where you make it worse for yourself by only thinking of the worst case scenorio.. Let's see what we can do about that :)

Here are a few key takeaways from the video, but please go ahead and watch/listen to it for more detail :)

When someone catastrophises they think or anticipate that an event in their life is a complete disaster with devastating consequences. In reality, this is rarely the case so we need to STOP fixating on the worst possible outcome because it can escalate so quickly!  What you feel when you do this: Worry, fear, angst, stress, panic, overwhelm  What you could feel instead: Calm, optimistic, start to find resolutions/how to fix  You can’t always control your first thought but you can always choose your second thought  How to help manage your thoughts:  1. Acknowledge that sometimes not everything goes right and that’s okay but also, sometimes things DO go right and not everything and everyone is against you 2. Recognise that you might be thinking irrationally 3. Practice mindfulness and breath work to stay in control of your thoughts 4. Talk to your family/friends/colleagues and let them help you to put things into perspective 5. Learn to flip the narrative. Think about the opposite outcome or at least other possibilities 6. Be kind to yourself and realise that you deserve to experience the better outcome.  The main worst case scenario that will come up a lot during your skate practise is 'what if I fall' so use the above to help you with these thoughts and start to think more optimistically about the outcomes of your skate practise and how much you CAN achieve and how well your session COULD go :D

I hope you manage to apply a few of these things and can take something from this video away and into your skate practise + your daily life this week :)