STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF
Remember the three-pronged approach to achieving mental strength?
To alleviate feelings of self-pity, you need to change your pitiful behavior and forbid yourself from indulging in pitiful thoughts.
For Jack, this meant that he couldn’t spend all his time at home playing video games and watching TV.
He needed to be around other kids his age and return to some of his previous activities that he was still able to do, like go to school.
His parents also changed their thinking and began to view Jack as a survivor rather than a victim.
Once they changed their thoughts about their son and the accident, they were able to exchange self-pity with gratitude.