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nfnw3tm8 · Posted: Wed 17:33, 14 Aug 2013 Post subject: Hope for the Future

There are many implications regarding the effect of optimism on substance use and treatment. One such implication is that a positive expectancy about the future can have an impact on a person's current well-being. Furthermore, an optimistic attitude is associated with high stress management ability, and this ability lends itself to both resilience to addictive substances and maintaining sobriety. Those who maintain an optimistic approach barbour outlet are more likely to engage in strategies that abercrombie uk increase their ability to manage stress. Individuals with highly developed stress management techniques are less likely to succumb to the pressures of stress, which consequently makes them less vulnerable to addictive substances. Therefore, we can conclude that dispositional optimism may help to facilitate a proper recovery as well as decrease vulnerability to addictive substances.
Hope for the Future
Expectancies about the future can affect current mood and behavior. There has been mounting evidence that substantiates this claim. There are two consequences of this hollister france assertion. A Hollister France meta-analysis of studies show that optimistic expectancies about the future lead to an increased effort to obtain desired goals, while pessimistic expectancies lead to disengagement and giving /airjordan.php‎ up on desired goals. So an optimistic person is more likely to attain desired outcomes because their perceptions and coping strategies affect goal striving behavior. Pessimism however, achieves the opposite effect.
It is even possible to deduce a change in behavior as it pertains to optimism. If a person is engaged in maladaptive functioning, an optimistic perception about the ability to change could be considered a goal in itself. The relation to addiction and recovery is apparent. If /hollister.php‎ addiction is maladaptive functioning, and change in behavior is the goal, then an addicted person's optimism about the future can help them to transition from abusing substances to sobriety.
In this way optimism facilitates motivation. If one feels confident in their ability to change, it is more likely that they will in fact change. The converse (pessimism), would view change as an unattainable goal which deters both attitudinal and behavioral modifications. Motivation is consequently stifled. It should be noted that these relationships apply to both external and internal stressors. From this it seems clear that perceptions about overcoming challenges have a distinguishable impact on behavioral adjustments. Again the connection can be made between facing challenges (addiction) and obstacles (triggers).
Coping with Stress
Stress can have a significant impact on a person's health, behavior, and lifestyle. So much so that stress may induce drug use for those who find that their lives have become unbearable. In effect, drugs act as medication to stressors. Unfortunately many times these drugs cause more problems than they solve. It is therefore necessary to manifest far more productive ways of dealing with stress instead of using drugs or alcohol.
In a loose sense, coping is a person's ability to deal with stress. They either are dealing with internal or external stressors, and their method of coping involves either confronting the stressor or avoiding the stressor. Dealing with internal stress is qualified as "emotional" management, whereas external management would be "problem-focused". It is suspected that optimism would is more strongly associated with confronting stress as opposed to avoiding it. In this instance external stressors could be individuals or environments that are associated with or enable drug use. Internal stress could be anxiety, depression, insecurity, and the like.
Additionally researchers have found that the optimistic style maintains a degree of flexibility. More specifically, optimists manage both controllable and uncontrollable stressors with distinct techniques because they recognize that dealing with different stressors in a similar manner may be an untenable approach. This is because various stressors require unique responsive actions.
In the context of substance Abercrombie Pas Cher abuse, the optimistic person understands that certain uncontrollable stressors like environmental pressures should be dealt with accordingly. The optimist cannot control the thoughts, motivations and behaviors of others, nor can they control the circumstances of their environment. They can however, decide how they react to these external queues by possibly (a) avoiding high-risk situations/people or (b) acknowledging that uncontrollable stressors ought to be taken in stride, and only have so much sway over the optimist's behavior.
Option (b) may sound a little abstract, but an example would be a recovered person coincidentally meeting an old friend who often abused drugs and who is highly associated with drug use. While the old friend may attempt to encourage relapse, the optimist understands that uncontrollable external stressors (coincidentally meeting the old friend) are merely influences, not determinants, of behavior. If the optimist perceives his/her internal ability to control the situation (to say no), then it is more likely the optimist will in fact follow that behavior. On the other side of the coin, if a recovered person believes they are powerless over their ability to react to uncontrollable circumstances, they may be more likely to submit to these external stressors.
Optimism in Treatment
The purpose of the aforementioned discussion is to advocate incorporation of optimism barbour training in treatment modalities to supplement perception and attitude change as they pertain to substance /barbour.htm abuse recovery. Given the potential that optimism can doudoune moncler have on achieving abercrombie recovery and sobriety, it should be an imperative of treatment centers to adopt and promulgate this proactive strategy.
This article was written by Mike Writes, on behalf of Passages Malibu, louboutin pas cher a luxury addiction treatment center that specializes in drug, alcohol, and prescription medication addiction treatment.
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