Mindfulness#
Distress ToleranceWeek 1How can mindfulness be helpful?#
- Gives you more choices & more control over your behaviour.
- Helps you slow down & notice emotions, thoughts, & urges (i.e. increases self‑awareness).
- Helps you choose a behaviour more thoughtfully, rather than act impulsively and make situations worse.
- Reduce your emotional suffering.
- Increase your pleasure & sense of well‑being.
- Helps you make important decisions (& balance overly emotional or overly logical decisions).
- Help you to focus your attention (i.e., be in control of your mind rather than letting your mind be in control of you)
- Can make you more effective & productive.
- Increase compassion for self and others.
- Lessen your pain, tension, & stress, and in turn can improve your health.