What is "Put it in Perspective"?
a holistic healing method developed to ensure your body functions at optimum levels
a method to stop catastrophic thinking and deal with the most likely outcome
a facet of basic rifle marksmanship
a way to watch all your favorite Movies and Tv shows quickly and conveniently
When should you use the "Put it in perspective skill"
when you are making a major problem out of what could be a minor situation
when you are unable to find waldo
when you are having the best day of your life
when you ask your spouse where they want to eat and they say they don't care but proceed to shoot down every option you present
HOW do you use the "Put it in perspective" skill?
Describe the activating event, capture the worst case, generate the best case and then identify the most likely outcomes, and develop a plan for dealing with them
Offer yourself advice, write down your own advice, forget about your own advice for several days, revisit the advice you gave yourself and then proceeded to finally decide that your give poor advice even to yourself
Take 10 seconds, close your eyes and imagine the problem has suddenly vanished, then go about your day
Tell everyone around you that you have a huge problem and need their help, survey all their proposed solutions and pick the best one
What is Catastrophizing?
Buying hundreds of large cats and moving them to a small plot of land in Oklahoma, opening a gift shop, starting promotional multimedia and selling tickets for everyone to come see your cats.
This is when you waste critical energy ruminating about the irrational worst case outcomes of a situation, which prevents you from taking purposeful action.
When you allow each and every situation to overwhelm your normal, rational thought process, leading to poor decision making and often overreaction
Refusing to give in. Standing your ground even when the situation has no call for such behavior
What unit was SGT Lerrning in?
101st Airborne Division
2nd Infantry Division
10th Mountain Division
3rd Infantry Division
