5 One-Minute Hacks that Save Me from Spiralling Into Intense Negativity

Bonus: An incredibly relieving perspective shift

As someone with Bipolar tendencies, my mental swings are extreme.

Ultra-confident to painfully insecure. Heart-welling gratitude to intense FOMO. Color-exploding elation to drab grey depression.

Thanks to our innate negativity bias, the lows threaten to spiral into alarming depths — panic attacks and suicidal thoughts.

Over the years, I’ve picked up techniques to slam a quick brake on such accelerating negativity.

And sometimes, even transmute the low into a budding high.

I want to share 5 such hacks — taking less than a minute each, they will be timely salves for your mental health.