AprilR wrote:
Does anyone else distract themselves with another imaginary stressing thought/occurence so they can deal with the real stressing thing better?
Imagination... Hmmm. Yeah, I have that. But in a distressing situation. I think , what I do is. What I normally do, is distract myself, yes. But not with negative things, To get away from negative things, I go towards positive things, or things that elicit a calming relaxation. A positive mood.
I guess also I do what you describe here also. In a sense it's re-framing the situation. Putting things in perspective. Alot of things which feel life and death at the moment, are generally not that big a deal. "Oh so and so broke down and needs repairing," well Atleast I'm alive and breathing. It's not that bad. " or "Well people are starving, homeless, wars in Europe, et etc. I actually have it good, now that I think about it." I guess something like that. So many things that are personal upsets, are really just minor, and insignificant, in the grand scheme of things.
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