stress well for schools 3.1 pathways exercise
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STRESS WELLby
Nicola Morgan
www.nicolamorgan.com
3.1Pathways –
Negative thoughts
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“Negative intrusive thoughts”
Sometimes a worry, fear or negative thought goes over and over in our mind
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How did you learn all that?
• Your brain contains billions of nerve cells called “neurons”
• When you learn something new, you grow pathways between them
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Thoughts
• A thought is just an electrical signal in your brain
• The signal follows a path between brain cells
• Each time you have that thought, that path becomes stronger
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Learning a fact
What is the capital of France?
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Learning a fact
• You’ve had that thought lots of times, so the pathway is strong
• You’ve seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower too, so you have pathways for that
• When you learn a new fact, the pathway is weak. You make it strong with practice
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Negative thoughts
• But the brain learns negative thoughts, too• Each time we have the negative thought, that
pathway gets stronger• So we are more likely to have the thought
again
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This is a steep hill going down
Let me show you
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Imagine you come to this place in the path. You have to choose a way down.
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Imagine you choose this path the first day
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Next day, you will PROBABLY choose the same path. It will be easier. And harder to choose a different one.
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Each day, that path will be more obvious and easier to follow.
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Soon, it will be the only path you bother to try. It will be a habit.
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BUT WAIT! STOP!
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You COULD choose another path. It wouldn’t be easy at first. But you could. You could choose to think a POSITIVE thought.
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The more you have the positive thought, the stronger that new path would become and it would be easier each time
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Soon, it would be the easier path to follow and the old negative one would fade away and become weak.
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The old path won’t completely disappear. You might have that thought again, but you’ll be able to find the positive one more easily. You did it once – you can do it again.
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STRESS WELLby
Nicola Morgan
www.nicolamorgan.com
3.1Pathways –
Negative thoughts