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Resilience
#1 Collaboration - Make Connections
#1 Collaboration - Make Connections
Create and maintain positive, supportive relationships with friends and family. Join a group or take part in an activity you enjoy to have the sense of belonging.
#2 Learn Optimism
#2 Learn Optimism
Acknowledge the difficulties in difficult events but focus on the positive aspects. Developing a resilient mindset will help to realise that difficult events are temporary and can change for the better.
#3 Develop Healthy Self-Esteem
#3 Develop Healthy Self-Esteem
Positive self-image and confidence help you manage difficulties and increase the level of control you have over your life. Focus on achievements and learn to recognise your strengths and accomplishments.
#4 Look for Meaning in Experiences
#4 Look for Meaning in Experiences
Invest time and energy into something (no matter how small) that gives you a sense of meaning and purpose.
#5 Learn to Manage Strong Feelings
#5 Learn to Manage Strong Feelings
When we experience adversity, it is normal to have negative thoughts and feel stressed, frustrated, angry, helpless and uncertain. The key is to manage these feelings effectively so they don’t overwhelm you. Remain calm and don’t let your feelings stop you from effectively dealing with situations. One way is to have a break and take some deep breaths before you do or say anything.
Recharging
Recharging can look differently depending on your life, but essentially it means self-care and rest, for those who are feeling under pressure or struggling with anxiety some days can be exhausting and taking the time to recharge is even more important. Our emotional resilience is limitless, but it isn’t bottomless and always feeling worn-out isn’t healthy and can also leave you less productive and less happy.
Planning for Emotional Wellbeing
Planning for emotional wellbeing - We benefit from deliberate thinking and action regarding our emotional wellbeing. This can be helped by
Setting goals that contribute to our resilience
Make sure each day there are activities that recharge us
Continue to reflect on which activities work for us
Triggers
It is important to think about what are common potential triggers to you feeling emotionally distressed and how you can best manage these triggers.
It can help by you, taking the time to talk to someone, take time for yourself; research the thing that is bothering you so you feel more in control; ask for help; make a plan; use music, art, sport to try to explore what is bothering you.
Creating a maintenance plan
What can I do on a daily basis to keep myself feeling well?
What can I do on a regular basis to maintain my wellness?
What do I know makes me feel well, but I don’t do enough of?
What should I actively avoid because it makes me feel bad or worse?
What to consider:
What makes me feel happy?
What stops me from feeling bad?
What helps me relax and feel calm?
What can I do to re-focus my attention?
What has worked well for me in the past?
What new things would I like to try?
What would others suggest that I try to do?
Early Warning Signs
Early Warning Signs
If people find themselves in difficult situations on a regular basis then often there are patterns of behaviour or symptoms that regularly occur and these are called early warning signs. If this applies to you then we suggest that you find a trusted person that you are to reflect with and together you could identify your own early warning signs which can be helpful to prevent things becoming more difficult in the future.
Recognising signs in our thoughts, feelings appearance or behaviour – may need a trusted person to help us identify these
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