Overcoming Your Darkest Moments: Tips and Tricks

The stoplight phenomenon, as I call it in my head, despite the made up name. I tell myself “I recognize how things are right now. I am acknowledging them” whether it be positive or negative emotions. “This is the only time I will experience this exact moment as I am experiencing it right now.” You can acknowledge the terrible feelings. That is the only time you will feel bad in the exact way that you do then. Technically, it will never happen again, so the awareness it will pass makes it easier to cope with. You can acknowledge the okay feelings. It can get better or it can get worse. Either way, you are choosing to recognize your personal contentment. You can acknowledge the best feelings. Take it all in and enjoy it while it lasts. Appreciate what you are experiencing now and the great memories it’ll make for later.