What Does It Mean To Make Peace With Yourself And How Can You Do It?

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JAKARTA - In the course of life, someone must have experienced unpleasant things. This can include the death of a loved one, loss of job, parent's divorce, family problems, a breakup, or illness.

Problems always come and go. Even if something has passed for a long time, sometimes feelings of sadness, regret, and anxiety can still carry over for a long time.

Then, you live where feelings of sadness from the past are still shackled, the difficulty of dealing with current problems, to worrying about the future.

All conflicts that occur over time make you stressed and unhappy. This of course can have an even worse impact because you are prone to depression, lose direction, and can even affect your physical and mental health conditions.

You may often hear that one way to reduce stress is to make peace with yourself.

Words that seem simple but are in fact too difficult to understand, let alone put into practice in life. So, what does it mean to be at peace with yourself?

Dr. Jiemi Ardian Sp. KJ, a psychiatrist at Siloam Hospital Bogor, concluded that making peace with oneself can be understood as acceptance of the current condition. Making peace with oneself is a process in life.

You have to accept your own realities, weaknesses, and strengths to help make peace with yourself.

Jiemi also reminded that every human being has a duty to grow, not be perfect. "Nothing is certain in the future and nothing new in the past."

Making peace with yourself can be done by enjoying what is right now.

Live in the present and strive to continue to grow to be better in line with three important aspects, namely reality or things that are in front of your eyes, neutral thoughts or perceptions, and feelings, namely the combination of thought and perception.

Interested in trying to make peace with yourself? There are several important things you can do to truly make your heart and mind feel peaceful, calm, and relaxed.

First, start by believing in yourself. Reduce feelings of doubt and strengthen confidence in yourself. This can be practiced by being brave enough to do things that you have been afraid of. If later you make mistakes, let it all be learning.

You also need to care more about yourself. Sounds easy, but sometimes hard to do.

Try to think about yourself, do good things for yourself, choose fun things, throw negative things away, and dare to reject something you don't want.

If you are an ambitious person but then your ambition is hurting yourself, try to rethink this. Recognize your own capacity and understand that not everything can be controlled.

Not all plans work and don't always beat yourself up for things that aren't perfect.

Always remember that mistakes are natural and everyone has done it. Continued mistakes, sadness, and regret will only make you unhappy.