Comments on: Should You Try to Get Out of a Bad Mood? http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/ Happiness, Positive Psychology, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Stories, and the Brain Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:51:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aunt diane http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-181581 aunt diane Mon, 11 May 2009 23:47:27 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=220#comment-181581 good to read your blog. I agree about getting out of a bad mood. good to read your blog. I agree about getting out of a bad mood.

]]> By: ” How to Use the APE Method to Get out of a Bad Mood " on Positive Psychology News Daily - Chinese HK 中文(繁) http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-45243 ” How to Use the APE Method to Get out of a Bad Mood " on Positive Psychology News Daily - Chinese HK 中文(繁) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:20:20 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=220#comment-45243 [...] may be wondering, should I get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we [...] [...] may be wondering, should I get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we [...]

]]> By: " The A.P.E. Method to Get Out of a Bad Mood " on Positive Psychology News Daily http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-12500 " The A.P.E. Method to Get Out of a Bad Mood " on Positive Psychology News Daily Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:00:53 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=220#comment-12500 [...] may be wondering, should I get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we [...] [...] may be wondering, should I get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we [...]

]]> By: senia http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 senia Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:54:28 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=220#comment-2446 Hi Dave, I think that's totally true - that good moods often go hand in hand with good energy. That's why, in psychologists' lists of the best 10 things you can do immediately to improve your happiness, EXERCISE is infallibly the #1 thing on the lists. (See <a href="http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/diamond_aging.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.psychologymatters.org/exercise.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for example about the super-importance of exercise to mood). Energy. Adrenaline. Excitement. Adventure. Movement. Circulation. Goodbye bad mood. :) You're absolutely right. (And here's the story of the <a href="http://www.senia.com/2006/06/27/warm-fuzzies/" rel="nofollow">Warm Fuzzies</a> - it is like that - it's choosing to go for the good! The good-for-you, the good-mood, the just-plain good.) Thanks for the interesting comment! Hi Dave,
I think that’s totally true – that good moods often go hand in hand with good energy. That’s why, in psychologists’ lists of the best 10 things you can do immediately to improve your happiness, EXERCISE is infallibly the #1 thing on the lists. (See here and here for example about the super-importance of exercise to mood).

Energy. Adrenaline. Excitement. Adventure. Movement. Circulation. Goodbye bad mood. :) You’re absolutely right.

(And here’s the story of the Warm Fuzzies – it is like that – it’s choosing to go for the good! The good-for-you, the good-mood, the just-plain good.)

Thanks for the interesting comment!

]]> By: senia.com » How to Get Out of a Bad Mood - the A.P.E. Method! http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-2445 senia.com » How to Get Out of a Bad Mood - the A.P.E. Method! Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:40:42 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=220#comment-2445 [...] Our first question was, should you get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we do? [...] [...] Our first question was, should you get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we do? [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.senia.com/2006/11/27/should-you-try-to-get-out-of-a-bad-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-2442 Dave Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:23:32 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=220#comment-2442 Very interesting! I've been having some bad moods recently, and was attributing it to a negative drain, some state that I didn't want to exist, but nevertheless did exist. The more of those that pile up, the more of a drain, and the less energy you have to be bouncy and in a good mood. It's hard to be in a good mood when you don't have any energy! At least, I think that's the case. Although, maybe sleepy contentment is a counterexample. Hm. I've thought of energy balance for me as having a positive energy coming in from other people, and then positive energy going out. Negative energy should ideally go through me and not even be felt, but sometimes that does get processed into more bad vibes. It's like that warm fuzzy story you posted a while ago. Very interesting! I’ve been having some bad moods recently, and was attributing it to a negative drain, some state that I didn’t want to exist, but nevertheless did exist. The more of those that pile up, the more of a drain, and the less energy you have to be bouncy and in a good mood. It’s hard to be in a good mood when you don’t have any energy! At least, I think that’s the case. Although, maybe sleepy contentment is a counterexample. Hm.

I’ve thought of energy balance for me as having a positive energy coming in from other people, and then positive energy going out. Negative energy should ideally go through me and not even be felt, but sometimes that does get processed into more bad vibes. It’s like that warm fuzzy story you posted a while ago.

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