Coping with Stress
With the ACT framework
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Author’s note: I want to make it abundantly clear that I am not a mental health professional (psychotherapist, therapist, etc). I am only speaking from my subjective experience.
Previously, I shared why I’m NOT Only Accepting Solution-Oriented Submissions for Coping With Capitalism. You can find that story below.
In that story, I shared a framework that I’ve resonated with. It’s the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework. This is a framework to cope with stress by focusing on emotional acceptance and committed action. It can be used for anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosis, eating disorders, substance use disorders, workplace stress and chronic pain. It consists of six stages designed to develop psychological flexibility and strength.
- Acceptance: Embracing thoughts and emotions as natural phenomena, rather than avoiding or fighting them.
- Cognitive Defusion: Learning to detach from negative…
