Posted by fallsfall on November 17, 2004, at 11:29:24
In reply to obsession, posted by crushedout on November 16, 2004, at 23:18:46
P.S. How to stop -
Distraction, Distraction, Distraction.
See all of the movies that you've been meaning to see - in the theatre, on tape, on TV.
If you have friends who will do things with you ask them to drag you out of the house.
Try to limit the times you check your email - if you have it set to automatically notify you when you have new mail, turn that off. When you are online you can Babble, play games, chat with friends, go to chat rooms, read whatever you want - but only check your email at set times.
Do whatever makes it so you can get through this time (my best distraction was always reading psychology/therapy books from the university - I think that lots of the time I wasn't retaining ANYTHING that I read - I was just decoding the words one at a time. But it made me *feel* like I was doing something productive (finding my own cure?). I don't really recommend this technique. But my point is that whatever you find helps get you through doesn't have to have *value* in and of itself - the value is that it helps you survive through this period.)
There have been many posts on Babble about "What to do when you need distraction". You can probably find mine by searching for "swings" or "bubbles". Or check out "The woman's comfort book".
Let me know how it goes.
poster:fallsfall
thread:416384
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20041113/msgs/417069.html