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I hope books against my working blockades will help me. For the moment I´m reading the book Arbeitsstörungen written from Dr. Nicolas Hoffmann. There are modules in the book. The picture is an Atlas symbol I think. Unfortunately a German version I find only.

But I will tell of it. Some thoughts summarized:

The target is important and the focus to it. It´s a intellectual decision of the declared intention and often against the feelings of aversion. This conflict makes tired. The sense of working is important. Stress is a product of strain and the negative believe to not reach the target. The interruption of work is result of the reduction of motivation, concentration, disorder of self-regulation and losing the control.

Interruption of work: The self-regulation and planning is not sufficient. The control about the working-organization is lost. It needs self-management, a positive active self-motivation and self-care for the change (progression of working resources, energy regulation, step-by-step-planning, realistic and logical planning, strategic self-commitment, self-focusing, energy mobilization, self-regeneration, steepening incentive).

At the end of this chapter I find "paper 2" with three points about my working blockade: problematic working situation and symptoms - reasons - my plan for self-helping. The chapter describes some cases where feelings disturb the work. Symptoms: stress, problem with the concentration, negative feelings, self-doubt, anxiety. Reasons: problems with behavior models, selection, delegation, self-motivation, self-regulation, self-management, relationships.

There are fourteen modules for self-helping:
1. regeneration
2. power-management
3. work plans
4. self-motivation
5. simplification
6. self-care
7. positive working atmosphere
8. pick up courage
9. self-coaching
10. changes of behavior
11. conflict management
12. self-optimizing
13. trouble-management
14. flexibility

Firstly theme was

module 1:
regeneration (reduction of negative energy costs and development of positive energy reserves).

modules 2-6:
Important points: reduction of negative thoughts and development of positive clear plans with supportive structures in step by step progress.

modules 7-9:
important points:
- reduction of negative feelings, thoughts, behavior, energy costs
- development of positive feelings, thoughts, behavior, energy reserves, clear plans with supportive structures in step by step progress
- cognitive strategical methods against anxiety and negative obstructing

There are many helpful case examples in the book.

modules 10-12:
working analysis: having control and possibilities in working process, waking interest, sense and wishing for doing one's work.

Another important points of module 12:

An essential part of self-regulation and self-motivation is the development of perspectives for mobilizing energy and a declared intention.

modules 13-14:
important point in a interruption of work: change of the view angle!

read at the end (until 198) of this book.

I find the song This Way (German language) about "the hard way" is absolutely ideal for this thread with the theme of working blockades. The text is simple about the hard way of life and the video shows what the singer means.

Xavier Naidoo - Dieser Weg [Official Video]

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Here the German lyrics of this song.

Xavier Naidoo - Dieser Weg (This Way)

Also ging ich diese Straße lang (Then I went down this street)
und die Straße führte zu mir. (and the street lead to me)
Das Lied, das du am letzten Abend sangst, (The song that you sang last evening)
spielte nun in mir. (played now in me.)
Noch ein paar Schritte (One more pair of steps)
und dann war ich da, (and then I was there)
mit dem Schlüssel zu dieser Tür. (with the key to this door.)

Dieser Weg wird kein leichter sein. (This way will not be easy.)
Dieser Weg wird steinig und schwer. (This way will be rocky and hard.)
Nicht mit vielen wirst du dir einig sein. (Not with many will you be agree.)
Doch dieses Leben bietet so viel mehr. (Yet this life offers so much more.)

Es war nur ein kleiner Augenblick. (It was only a small blink.)
Einen Moment war ich nicht da. (One moment I was not there.)
Danach ging ich einen kleinen Schritt (Afterwards I went another small step)
und dann wurde es mir klar. (and then it was clear to me.)

Dieser Weg wird kein leichter sein. (This way will not be easy.)
Dieser Weg wird steinig und schwer. (This way will be rocky and hard.)
Nicht mit vielen wirst du dir einig sein. (Not with many will you be agree.)
Doch dieses Leben bietet so viel mehr. (Yet this life offers so much more.)

Manche treten dich. (Many tread on you.)
Manche lieben dich. (Many love you.)
Manche geben sich für dich auf. (Many give themselves up for you.)
Manche segnen dich. (Many bless you.)
Setz dein Segel nicht, (Don´t set your sails)
wenn der Wind das Meer aufbraust. (when the wind breaks up the sea.)

Manche treten dich. (Many tread on you.)
Manche lieben dich. (Many love you.)
Manche geben sich für dich auf. (Many give themselves up for you.)
Manche segnen dich. (Many bless you.)
Setz dein Segel nicht, (Don´t set your sails)
wenn der Wind das Meer aufbraust. (when the wind breaks up the sea.)

Dieser Weg wird kein leichter sein. (This way will not be easy.)
Dieser Weg wird steinig und schwer. (This way will be rocky and hard.)
Nicht mit vielen wirst du dir einig sein. (Not with many will you be agree.)
doch dieses Leben bietet so viel mehr. (Yet this life offers so much more.)

Dieser Weg wird kein leichter sein. (This way will not be easy.)
Dieser Weg wird steinig und schwer. (This way will be rocky and hard.)
Nicht mit vielen wirst du dir einig sein. (Not with many will you be agree.)
doch dieses Leben bietet so viel mehr. (Yet this life offers so much more.)

Dieser Weg wird kein leichter sein. (This way will not be easy.)
Dieser Weg wird steinig und schwer. (This way will be rocky and hard.)
Nicht mit vielen wirst du dir einig sein. (Not with many will you be agree.)
doch dieses Leben bietet so viel mehr. (Yet this life offers so much more.)

Dieser Weg! (This way!)
Dieser Weg ist steinig und schwer. (This way is rocky and hard.)
Nicht mit vielen wirst du dir einig sein. (Not with many will you be agree.)
doch dieses Leben bietet so viel mehr. (Yet this life offers so much more.)

Dieser Weg! (This way!)
Dieser Weg! (This way!)

WORK

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Music to Help Study and Work

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I´m working with music coaching:

Whitney Houston & George Michael - If I Told You That

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And now music for pushing my working energy:

Daft Punk - Around The World

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Europe - The Final Countdown(with lyrics)

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The favorite single of my nephew for pushing the working energy: Afro Jack- Bang Duck

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"Feel So Alive" original house music by Daniel Kim

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Yello - Till Tomorrow (The Virtual Concert) - my new working background:

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The next one for giving me energy:

Miami Vice - Crockett´s theme

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More energy music:

Phil Collins - Can't stop loving you (HQ Live 2004)

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I have a strong psychogenic pain or somatoform disorder and fibromyalgia in high gear on context of OCPD (obsessive–compulsive personality disorder) according to consultant expertises. That´s the reason of the working blockades in my case.

I have own threads to my Psychogenic pain - somatoform disorder - fibromyalgia, look here
and to my OCPD or obsessive–compulsive personality disorder, look here.