How To Relax Tense Thoughts With Mindfulness In The Midst Of A Hot Situation

Illustration of mindfulness. (Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio

JAKARTA - In the midst of the current unfavorable situation, demonstrations in various parts of Indonesia, of course, make tensions increase. Under these conditions, implementing mindfulness is very important.

Mindfulness is a practice of paying attention on purpose, focusing on current moments, and observing the mind, feelings, and sensations of the body without judging. This is a technique to raise self-awareness and manage negative thoughts.

"Mindfulness is observing compared to being involved with thoughts and emotions, paying attention without judging or evaluating," said assistant professor at the Clinical PsyD PCOM program, Alexa Bon Acquisti, quoted from PCOM, on Monday, September 1, 2025.

Applying mindfulness in the midst of tense situations will help you to better manage negative thoughts. This will prevent you from feeling stressed and depressed, especially with various reports adding that tensions continue to emerge.

"This involves current awareness and non-judgmental acceptance from our experience from time to time, both internally and externally, such as thoughts, emotions, physiological sensations, and environmental interactions," he explained.

In implementing mindfulness, there are several ways you can do it. These methods are very simple, by doing daily activities by paying more attention.

"Pay more attention to what's going on around you. For example washing dishes and doing it with great attention, eating and really kissing and tasting and experiencing what you eat," he continued.

Not only that, mindfulness can also be applied by doing breathing exercises. With this breathing exercise, it will help you feel calmer in a tense situation.

"You can also focus on your breathing to train to be aware or take advantage of different exercises, such as using your senses or certain visualizations from a meaningful place," he concluded.