English learning I think. Another choice is my homework but I seldom turn to it.
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【R&D Season.1】3 Tips for Stopping a Negative Thought Spiral in Its Tracks
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6. The author suggests "healthy distractions" like reading a novel or watching TV. What is one "healthy distraction" that works well for you when you need to shift your mindset?
lizhenxuan: Sometimes learning English will create a new negative spiral, ocuppying me much time and leading to failure to fulfill other to-do things like homework, and Arknights Endfield. I don't play games all the day today even if I am at homelizhenxuan: 回復 @lizhenxuan：Almost not play games, exactly. At most half of a hour game time today.
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10. What does it mean to "catastrophize" (paragraph under tip #3)? Can you give a simple example?
consider something a catastrophe(disaster). e.g. Parents always catastrophize online games. |
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1. In your own words, what is a "negative thought spiral"?
I think it is when you think of something you did bad, you will think you are not an excellent person, then you will think of more things you did bad  
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2. The author says "Hint: It's a trap." What do you think she means by this? What is the trap?
Perhaps she means negative thought spiral? Or meditation? 
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5. Which of the three tips (Acknowledge, Distract, Accept) seems most useful or most challenging to you personally? Why?
I think Distract should be most useful, because in this step I can use external objects to help me 
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