THE SECRET OF BECOMING MENTALLY STRONG : AMY MORIN ; by Ann Maria Joseph ( first year BSc Mathematics )


 Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, mental strength trainer and an international best selling author. She writes for Forbes and psychology today. Her Ted-x talks has been one of the most influential one.

Amy Morin starts the talk by mentioning about a Facebook friend who always posts on how lucky she is to have such a loving parents and friends. We all may think that the five seconds of scrolling does not matter at all. But researchers say that envying your friends even leads to depression. she talks about three kinds of destructive beliefs that make us less effective and rob our mental strength :-

  • UNHEALTHY BELIEFS ABOUT OURSELVES

The concept of demotivating ourselves by criticizing our fate leads us to a situation from which recovery is too hard. Some of us keep on complaining about their life, this eventually takes us to a position from which figuring out solutions are impossible.

  • UNHEALTHY BELIEFS ABOUT OTHERS   
We are the one's who must have the power to control our own lives. We may complain that the other person drives us crazy or something similar to that, but we must keep in mind that the way in which we respond to them determines our life and not the other person's character or personality.

  • UNHEALTHY BELIEFS ABOUT THE WORLD
The world does not owe us anything. Expecting success on behalf of hard work leads to disappointment. Hard work may not always be the key element for success. 

She then points out the difficulty in giving up on these beliefs. Later she speaks about her life crisis. She lost her mother who did not have any health issues when she was 23. She was devastated by the loss of her mother. Three years later she lost her husband, Lincoln; suddenly due to heart attack. Her life was a series of unfortunate events.

Later she compares mental health to physical health. There are two sides we must overcome in order to achieve them, the good side and the bad side. In case of physical health, the good side is gym and the bad side is giving up junk food. In the case of mental health, the good side is practicing gratitude and the bad side is to stop envying others success.

Amy Morin quotes, "The only person you should compare yourself to, is the person you were yesterday." She concludes the talk by speaking about our lives which is not always fair to us. She then insists the listeners to overcome uncontrollable emotions by facing them. The talk she delivered was simply brilliant. At the end, she talks about one of her friend, who was able to get rid of the unhealthy beliefs, enhances the value of her talk. Her talk motivates us to overcome the grief and enjoy our life the way it is.

 

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