Sounds like a great skill! My ability to do that varies hugely by my own context (health, sleep, nutrition, work, stress levels) and the nature of the think I'd be noticing (BPD is a real pain), so it can be difficult to stop even when I do notice. Making progress though.
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Also sex is often a good hook in for this, because a lot of this work leads to directly improved sex life, and this helps make it fun rather than feeling like a giant unpleasant slog.
In general seeking positive emotions is good because positive emotions are fun and if you're just constantly confronting negative feelings you'll want to give up. You'll end up confronting the negative feelings too, mind, but "feel good" is more motivating than "don't feel bad"
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Thanks for this
I do feel quite comfortable talking about my feelings with my partner (or friends). But my emotional range just seems to be quite steady and unvolatile and I don't know how to have some spikes here and there (either positive or negative) -
How do you go about seeking positive emotions? I feel my baseline happiness is significantly higher than it was a year ago which is great, but it hasn't got any less steady.
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