It can be quite a challenge to identify and address the problem of chronic dissatisfaction. If you’re chronically dissatisfied, you subconsciously don’t want to resolve the issue as it would lead to satisfaction. You have to fight this habit you’ve trained yourself to have in order to get past it.

List the good areas in your life

If you struggle with chronic dissatisfaction, listing out what you have to be satisfied with in your life can help you break the habit. At first, this exercise will be challenging and may even cause you to cycle through what you could be dissatisfied with in your head, making you miserable. It will eventually get easier, as it starts to help you.

Draw attention to the times you’re chasing dissatisfaction

Part of why fixing this is such a challenge is because you have to retrain your brain to not chase dissatisfaction. You can do this by drawing attention to the times you’re chasing dissatisfaction.

When you notice this happening, keep reminding yourself of it; don’t let yourself forget it. The more you do this, the easier it’ll be to identify that you’re chasing dissatisfaction; you’ll retrain your brain in no time.

Reward your satisfaction

If you make a bigger deal of the areas of your life where your satisfied, you’ll start to crave them as you now do dissatisfaction. The more you reward your satisfaction, the better it’ll sound, helping to retrain your brain to crave the right things, rather than chasing dissatisfaction.

If you struggle with chronic dissatisfaction with life, the time to act on it is now. This state can have quite an impact on your emotional and mental health. We hope this article has helped to guide you on your journey to putting an end to your chronic dissatisfaction with life.

QUESTIONS TO REFLECT ON:

Thinking

Are you actively thinking about understanding chronic dissatisfaction?
Are you thinking about all the the things that help you combat this?
Are you thinking about how you can further develop how to counter chronic dissatisfaction?

Talk – New Language

Do you actively remember the things that make you feel good?
Do you speak of all the good and positive things that make you feel good and counter these feelings?
Are you continuously telling yourself and reminding yourself to counter these feelings?

Behaviour