How do I become mentally strong?

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

The same way you get physically stronger…

Another great way to boost your mental

Why did we evolve to have so many nerve endings in our anuses?

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

Do just ONE more rep when you don’t think you can.

strength isn’t rocket science.

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But if you’re doing this SOLELY to test your mental

Start now, start small, and work your way up.

as a Navy SEAL.

In your opinion, who is the most overrated singer/band/artist in modern music history and why?

Then slowly work your way up until you can easily go 30–60 days without giving into the temptation.

Whether it’s cigarettes, candy, pot, alcohol, or porn, pick a vice that you use everyday, and commit to giving it up for a short period of time.

It’s 7 days of almost no sleep, constant physical exercise, and psychological warfare.

Why would my nipples hurt when I touch them?

This exercise will teach you to keep going even when things are hard and, if applied regularly, will help you become mentally tougher than any other person you know.

Plain and simple.

Leave a bowl of candy on the table. Leave an open pack of cigarettes in your office. Go to an, *ahem* “gentlemanly” website and leave it open in a minimized browser.

How did you cope when someone you love, dealing with hyper-independence and trauma, felt they needed space to heal alone? Were you able to support them without overstepping, and did you eventually reconnect? How did that journey unfold?

Add 1–2 minutes each week and, overtime, not only will you be mentally tougher, but you’ll be more present, less stressed, and more productive in your everyday life.

So how do you cultivate mental

strength.

In the TV show Supernatural, why is God portrayed as cruel?

Anytime you’re training in the gym, challenge yourself, once per workout, to do just “One more rep”.

Increase the amount of time you spend in the cold by only 10–30 seconds a week and, after a few months, you’ll be able to take 10 minute cold showers with ease.

When we get hot, we touch a button and voila! The room cools down to a chilly 68 degrees.

What are some mind-blowing facts that sound unreal but are actually true?

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

Sitting down for 5–30 minutes and doing NOTHING is way harder than it sounds.

So apply these strategies slowly. Take small steps and challenge yourself to get 1% tougher every day. After a year has gone by, you’ll be 365% tougher than you were the previous year.

Why do narcissists want to hurt your feelings, even after they discard you?

It’s funny to me how often people ignore this principle in their lives.

3. Turn Off the AC

And you’ll be amazed by the hidden strength your body has.

Can you provide some examples of music with a free form structure?

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Sit in the car on a hot day without cranking up the AC.

Have a short event where you complete a certain set of mentally challenging activities every day.

What are the strangest parts of The Bible?

toughness, then add some temptation and make it harder to say “No”.

Cold showers suck. I’ve taken them (almost) everyday for nearly 6 years and they don’t suck any less today than they did when I started.

4. Meditate

What have I done wrong? How can I start over?

Not only will you be saving the environment and helping retrain your body to internally regulate your temperature, but you’ll become stronger by saying “no” to ease, and “yes” to adversity.

Whether it’s total sobriety combined with waking up at 5 a.m., daily exercise, and no television for a week.Or simply one week of giving up your strongest addiction.

But anytime you’re doing an exercise where you can safely push yourself, go for just ONE more rep than you’re comfortable doing.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

It’s funny…

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

There’s nothing quite like intentionally subjecting yourself to frigid waters and saying “No” to the wonderful warmth of a hot shower when it’s only one twist of the handle away requires insane amounts of discipline and grit.

Challenge yourself and you’ll be amazed by the results.

In the Navy SEAL training program, there’s an event known as hell week.

Start out small with only 10–30 seconds after your normal shower.

It just won’t happen. You have to work up to it and slowly build your mental

toughness is to wake up earlier.

One of the HARDEST thing you can do to build your mental

While I don’t recommend giving up sleep for a week and doing thousands of pushups (unless you have a thing for broken bones and screwed up joints), I challenge you to create your own Hell Week.

toughness by turning the AC off.

strength?

7. Go Through Hell Week

Our lives are way too easy.

2. One More Rep

The majority of recruits quit. Those who don’t leave the evolution knowing that they can do ANYTHING they set their minds to.

Start small in 10–15 minute increments and eventually, you’ll be waking up at 4:30 a.m. like a Navy SEAL.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

It’s simply learning to be comfortable doing things you don’t want to do.

Try pushing yourself to see how long you can go and, eventually, you’ll wonder why you used climate control in the first place (maybe not… But you’ll still be mentally tougher).

5. Give Up a Vice

Try it… You’ll see.

If you try to do too much too soon, you will burn out and quit EVERY single time.

toughness is to meditate.

DON’T do this on the bench press or squat rack if you don’t have a spotter (there’s nothing mentally tough about breaking your back or killing yourself ok?)

I’m just better at handling the suck.

But rather, turn off Netflix 15 minutes before you normally do, go to bed earlier, and then wake up earlier.

Seriously.

toughness.

One rep, one set, and one step at a time.

If you are seriously wanting to give up a vice (like smoking or drinking), you’ll want to throw away anything that reminds you of it.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

1. Cold Showers

In the same way that you can’t go to the gym, deadlift 225 lbs. for 5 reps one week and then expect to lift 405 lbs. for 5 reps the next week, you can’t expect to just wake up one day and be as mentally strong

Cold showers are bar none one of the FASTEST ways to build mental

Challenge yourself to do something seemingly impossible for a short amount of time and you will walk away with more mental toughness than you’ve ever had before.

Mental

Start this off by doing it for one day.

If you want to get mentally tougher, start by meditating for only 3 minutes a day.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

Within a few months, you’ll be astounded by your levels of mental

strength over time.