Ideas Flashcards
What is the spotlight effect?
The effect that our brains do that maximize a situation making us believe that all people are watching us. Is a social anxiety problem.
You are sitting on a room full of people and you think that all those people are watching you.
What is the 5 second rule?
Is the rule that helps you to take action in order to avoid your brain to think and stop you to do something.
Ej. Is cold and early and I want to get up and make excercise, as soon as I think about it GET OUT OF BED RIGHT AWAY, because if 5 seconds pass, your brain will kick in and convince you not to go to that difficult desition. (Its easy to stay in bed)
This rule can help you to stop negative thinking too. When you spot a negative thought, count to 5 as a trigger to stop that thought and then chalange that thought.
What is enxiety?
Is a spiral of repetitive thinking about a negative thought.
What is a chronotype?
Is a genetic configuration that all people have that tells when what are the best hours to sleep. There are 4 chronotypes: bear, lion, dolphin and wolf.
Is it true that you need to be cold to sleep and worm to wake up?
Yes
What is cognitive control?
The hability of any person to detect in real time that he/she is felling anger, understand the emotion and why, and not act on it.
What is paradoxical intention and how will it helps to overcome fear?
Is a method created by victor frankle that states that in order to overcome some fear you have to wish for them and laugh at them, not fight them. Ridiculus!
It is call paradoxical because its seems contradicted that wishing for a fear will help to overcome it but it does
