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Pits

Types of mental pitfalls

Attention Sinks (subclass Loops)

Spirals (Cyclical pattern of thoughts.. Intensifying loop)

Cheap Future Thinking (subclass Instant gratification)

Funks/Ruts (Stuck mental patterns and feelings and state)

  • Strategies to get out of a funk/rut:
    • physiological (shower, cold exposure, exercise)
    • physical (location, clothes)
    • human interaction/contact
    • feel-good activities
    • write (stream of thoughts: put into words, make specific, forces you to confront and make legible)