Feeling a bit low lately?
Some good folks at McGill University (Montreal) are doing research on self-esteem to bring you back up again.
First, take a look at their 3 quick self-esteem games, then dig a bit further into their site for background research to see what they’re up to.
About one of the games:
Inspired by the face-in-the-crowd paradigm, EyeSpy teaches people to look for the smiling/approving person in a crowd of frowning faces. By doing this repeatedly and as quickly as possible, this teaches people to look for acceptance and ignoring rejection. In order to successfully and accurately identify the smiling/approving face, one must get in the mind frame “Look for acceptance, and ignore rejection because it slows me down”.
Naturally, they caution, that if a person has serious self-esteem problems, he/she might see a certified psychotherapist — and there’s a link there for that too.
Otherwise, however, there are times when we feel less than fabulous, less willing to cope, or just plain ‘blah.’ This is a great reminder that it doesn’t take much to pull you out of that temporary slump. For one, stay away from people are who downers! (And you know who they are…)
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