How do I become mentally strong?

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

strength?

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

Im a 14 year old girl who doesnt want to wear a hijab but my parents force me to wear one. It makes me dislike it more. Im not ready for one no matter what people say and they get really mad at me. I have bad grades and no motivation. What do I do?

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

2. One More Rep

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

How can you maintain self-control?

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.

I’m just better at handling the suck.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

Once-a-week pill for schizophrenia shows promise in clinical trials - MIT News

The same way you get physically stronger…

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

Why is India lagging behind China in economic development when India is a democracy while China isn’t?

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

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

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

Why do old men think young women and girls would want them over guys their own age?

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

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.

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.

Crashed lander looks back at Earth from the moon photo of the day for June 10, 2025 - Space

strength over time.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

toughness.

How do schizophrenia symptoms change throughout the day?

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

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

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

What is your language's pangram?

Seriously.

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.

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.

What is the opposite personality type of someone with ASPD (antisocial personality disorder)?

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

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

Our lives are way too easy.

Who is someone that inspires you?

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

So how do you cultivate mental

4. Meditate

Less is more: To build muscle and gain strength, researchers say train smarter—not longer - Medical Xpress

toughness by turning the AC off.

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.

Plain and simple.

Why do so many 18 to 29-year-old men struggle in dating?

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.

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

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

Do you think that drug addiction is a symptom of larger societal ills? What is it about our culture that leaves so many feeling like they're inadequate, trying any ill to find a cure?

It’s funny…

as a Navy SEAL.

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

What can I do when I'm ugly on both outside and inside? What do I do? Cut myself off from the world to make everyones lives better? I'm a monster. I hurt feelings, and I say what was said to me. I feel like I'm nothing but a burden. What do I do?

toughness is to meditate.

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.

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

Why do untreated borderlines always blame their partners when they actually think they are normal?

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

strength.

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

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.

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.

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

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

toughness is to wake up earlier.

1. Cold Showers

5. Give Up a Vice

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

Mental

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).

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

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

7. Go Through Hell Week

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

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

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

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

Another great way to boost your mental

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

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

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

Start this off by doing it for one day.

strength isn’t rocket science.

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?)

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.

Try it… You’ll see.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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.

3. Turn Off the AC

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.