Your physical muscles and your attention “muscles” both have a limited amount of strength at any given time, their stamina and power can either atrophy from inactivity or strengthen from vigorous, purposeful exercise, and they require rest and recovery after they’ve been intensely exerted. The parallels between strengthening your body and strengthening your mind are in fact so close that it’s really not so much an analogy as a description of reality. Last time we used the analogy of being the supreme commander of your mind to explain attention management when it comes to attention strengthening, we’d encourage you to think of your mind as a muscle. If you have a goal to learn and understand as much about the world as you possibly can before you die, strengthening your power of concentration is not an option, it’s a necessity. The man with an iron-clad focus can do both he is the boat captain and the pearl diver and the world is truly his oyster. A man with a scatter-shot attention span will only be able to experience one plane of existence he can skim across the surface of the world’s vast knowledge and wisdom but is unable to dive deeper and discover the treasures below. Research has shown that individuals who can sustain their attention for long periods of time perform better on all sorts of cognitive challenges than those who cannot. But good management can only get you so far to win the war on distraction, the absolute strength of your voluntary attention - your focus foot soldiers – greatly matters. Yesterday we compared managing your different kinds of attention to being the supreme commander of your mind – you must be able to deftly maneuver and deploy your units to various battles. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.In this series on mastering your attention, we have emphasized the fact that attention is not just the ability to focus on a single task without being distracted, but in fact, is comprised of several different elements that must be effectively managed.īut this doesn’t mean that single-minded focus is not of paramount importance. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. (English) Copyright of Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie is the property of Hogrefe AG and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. In first efficacy studies, RFCBT has shown promising effects to reduce acute and residual depressive symptoms and to prevent future onset of depression. In addition to functional analysis and psycho-education, key components of RFCBT are interventions aiming to change rumination as a mental habit as well as to modify the dominant processing style. RFCBT is based on a theoretical model stating that in depressed patients (1) rumination is a mental habit, (2) rumination is a form of avoidance, and (3) an abstract processing style is responsible for the dysfunctional effects of rumination. Focus of this treatment is the analysis and modification of rumination, defined as repetitive negative thinking, which has been found to be elevated in depression. Abstract: Rumination-focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (RFCBT) is a novel treatment for depression.
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