Opposite Action. It’s a dialectical behaviour therapy skill where you do the exact opposite of what your emotions are telling you to do. It literally changed my life.
For example, you might have identified that you are feeling fear over public speaking. The opposite action would be to dive right in an try speaking or asking a question.
For me, it’s helped with my binge eating. When I’m feeling overwhelmed and want to binge, I try to do the opposite and go for a walk or something equally as productive as that.
I’m probably butchering the concept and I know it sounds really simplistic, but when I started to do this, my life started to change in many ways.
For example, you might have identified that you are feeling fear over public speaking. The opposite action would be to dive right in an try speaking or asking a question.
For me, it’s helped with my binge eating. When I’m feeling overwhelmed and want to binge, I try to do the opposite and go for a walk or something equally as productive as that.
I’m probably butchering the concept and I know it sounds really simplistic, but when I started to do this, my life started to change in many ways.