Management Of Chest Pain 3 - Example for Conny

The main point is to show that a given situation may give different feelings based on how one interprets the situation. We can not directly affect our emotions, but we can challenge our own interpretations.

Often goes our interpretations automatically and you tend to think not about this. To become aware of your interpretations to challenge these, one can try the following:

When you know that negative emotions emerge (as fear or sadness)

• Stop for a moment
• Try to find out what you were thinking just now
• If you find that there was a negative interpretation / thought, try to challenge the

You can challenge negative interpretations / thoughts by asking critical questions such as:

• Could there be other explanations?
• Am I 100% sure that what I think is right?
• What evidence do I have what I think now?

Our brains are not only designed to interpret events, the brain is also designed to draw attention to important events. Worry and fear represents danger and situations that cause worry or fear will go to our attention like a magnet!

It's hard to move our attention to mundane things, when you are worried or have fear. BUT, to move or shift attention where we want is a property you can train up!

The next picture comes a task that's about attention.

The main point is that attention affects what one feels and perceives. The positive is that attention can be controlled and thus can indirectly affect our emotions. This may require training and that they are aware of where you have your attention.

When you are walking or doing an activity can be trained to control attention to pleasant things. When you go in town to such notice:

• People / buildings / cars around you
• Different sounds
• Different smells

Doing this regularly will have more focus on the environment and to train the ability to control attention wherever you want.

After you have made ​​the physical activity records this activity in the form.

We recommend that you return to activity form every day after you have done the activity to detect that you have done the activity.

Within a week you will be contacted and you will then gain access to the next section.

During the next week's task is to make a moderate activity four days and an activity with slightly higher intensity three days.
Duration of activities shall be at least 30 minutes.

It is more likely to do something if you plan it in advance. We recommend for the next 7 days choose activity and setup which time to do them.

There is a separate form to record the activity when you have completed it. You have been given a code for this form.