Are you a "Drama-Mamas"? (Gratitude Workbook Ebook included)

By Mary Ana Seline Angoluan

As I read on the 5am Club by Robin Sharma I stumble this funny weird word "Drama-Mamas" it sounds funny but the word actually explains a lot about a phenomenon that is very common to a lot of people nowadays.

According to Sharma "Drama-Mamas" are men or women who always play the victim in life. They always put there mindset of being helpless, unfortunate poor, and it seems all odds are against them without them putting an effort to make their situation better. All they do is take and because of that people around them find them draining and toxic at times.

Drama-Mamas are exhausting and are hard to deal with. According to Eatough, in his article published just last year that toxic people often are aware that they have toxic traits but are not aware how there behavior actually affects others.

Honestly, I myself thinks that I am toxic at times but are not aware how toxic I am to someone. Maybe you are too or not. But to make sure that we are not doing any emotional harm or toxic behaviors to the people that matters to us. Let's do a self-awareness check now and then. According to Johnson in an article that she published online in 2020 practicing can help us reduce our stress, manage our reactions, and improve our relationships to other people.

Here are simple Four Steps for you to practice gratitude to help improve your emotional state, relationship to others, and reduce behaviors leading to us being a Drama-mamas.

1. Journaling

A lot of articles have mentioned the benefits of journaling and the importance of reading it after writing. Just to give a few, journaling helps you voice out your thoughts and feelings in writing and analyze it by reading. It gives you in-check with what your current state whether it's Physical, Emotional, Mental, Psychological, and even Social.

Doing it upon waking up or while taking your breakfast for at least 5 to 10 minutes can do wonders to the rest of your day.

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2. Meditation

Turn that relaxing instrumental music, sit on your chair or bed, and find a moment of silence with your thoughts. Do breathing exercises first and followed by checking your thoughts whether positive or negative it may be. You can do this at least 5 minutes. It will also help your mood for the rest of the day.

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3. Volunteering or getting yourself engage to good causes

In this time of pandemic, joining outreaches may be hard but getting yourself engaged in advocacy organization and outreaches program can help you understand more about your situation. Understanding other people's struggle may help you understand how grateful you are.

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4. Take the Gratitude Challenge

I have attached here the 14-days grateful challenge that can help you recognize and be grateful on your current situation right now. You can do this for 5 to 10 minutes a day. Enjoy the process and learn more about yourself.

Gratitude Challenge Workbook

Being grateful and having the attitude of gratefulness are just some of the ways to avoid the Drama-Mamas attitude and are some of the baby steps that you can do to improve your life, mood, emotion, and relationships. I hope this helps!