Remember the moment from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street”, when the hero Matthew McConaughey rhythmically tapped his chest with his fist, getting ready to work? A certain rhythm helped the character enter a special state in order to sell and earn as much as possible. One way or another, the rhythm accompanies us throughout life. We may unconsciously tap our fingers on the table expecting something, or sway imperceptibly to calm down when we are nervous. But many people rarely think that we can set the rhythm consciously and control our state. For example, to relax and plunge into a light trance, or vice versa, to energize yourself for the whole day. If you want to learn how to set the desired rhythm yourself, then try this simple exercise. ✓ First, let's practice. Take several different states and determine their rhythm. Imagine what joy or anger sounds like? Confidence and calm? Remember them separately and try to tap out the appropriate rhythm for each emotion. If you immerse yourself in this state, the rhythm will come automatically. Perhaps you need to listen to some song that is associated with the desired emotion. Now let's move on to practice. Exercise Let's say you want to learn how to induce a state of calm, because... it will help you do better on exams or cope with a difficult situation.1. Select the desired state and play its rhythm. What does calm sound like to you personally? Use associations. Enter this state, beat out the rhythm and remember it.✓ Pay attention to your posture, breathing... When you beat out this rhythm, are you sure you are calm?2. Learn to induce this state in various life situations: in transport, in a supermarket, at work. Choose the appropriate method for yourself: tapping, snapping your fingers, beating a rhythm with your foot. If you want to do this unnoticed so that others do not have questions, then learn to hear this rhythm. Use counting or hum a melody to yourself.3. After you train a skill, use it in more complex and necessary situations. Especially if they are constantly repeated. For example, you work with a person who constantly speaks in a raised voice. This annoys you, but this is his only drawback and your cooperation is quite constructive. Your goal here is to calmly react to his tone so as not to stress yourself again.✓ First, mentally play out the situation. Present your communication by adding an appropriate rhythm to it. Let’s say a person is speaking, and at the same time you are tapping the rhythm of calm with your fingers. If you have his voice message, practice on it.✓ Mentally repeat this several times in different situations and contexts, the rhythm should be constant, smooth and without failures.✓ Then use it in reality. Gradually, this will become a habit and will work automatically. Start with one state and gradually add other emotions and rhythms to your piggy bank, this way you will accumulate a baggage of different states and learn to immerse yourself in them if necessary. #psychologist_che