2007-03-13 14:04:03 · 12 answers · asked by Jade B 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Do the things that i love: playing video games with my best friends!
2007-03-13 14:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find someone else with a need and help them. When you are thinking about something that upsets you, you are thinking about you.
This will give you a chance to get your problems in perspective too. See if there's a soup kitchen in your area that needs help, or an elderly person that needs a room painted.
2007-03-13 21:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by nielson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Roots of Obsession
These synthetic obsessions--mysteriously repetitive thoughts that bother people for no apparent reason--must come from somewhere. What causes them and how can they be stopped? Simply put, these sorts of obsessive thoughts often grow directly out of efforts to suppress them.
Do NOT try to suppress the thought. Suppressing the thought actually ends up amplifying it.
Force yourself to think about the thought and you will get bored of it and it will go away.
As soon as you can, face the thought, try to figure out where it came from and deal with it openly.
"an unwelcome thought will go away only when you welcome it back."
Read my source for the full article about making obsessive thoughts go away:
Wegner, Daniel M: Try not to think of a white bear… - controlling obsessive thoughts. Psychology Today, June, 1989 .
2007-03-13 22:59:15 · answer #3 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Childish things. Things that you enjoyed as a child. I keep legos and my house because reverting back to the most primal sattisfactions for the "id" within you, helps.
2007-03-13 21:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't.
People have tried alcohol, drugs, cheap women. Nothing seems to work.
You need to face the issue -- confront the person or your fear. It's the only solution in the long run.
Good luck.
2007-03-13 21:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by Allan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I wish I knew. Been trying to figure that one out myself. BUT, I just got a book titled "The Secret"-or try borrowing it from the library...it's a good read to help change how you think about things/situations in your life.
2007-03-13 21:07:26 · answer #6 · answered by Noodles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet you have observed that the more you try to make it leave your mind, the more it stays in your mind. So....
accept whatever this is, totally. Then it will leave because it won't matter if it stays.
2007-03-13 21:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by unseen_force_22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang out with people you love like friends or you can watch comedy
2007-03-13 22:29:48 · answer #8 · answered by Just Ask :-) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang out with friends or just sit in your room and read or listen to music. you can also try yoga
2007-03-13 21:10:50 · answer #9 · answered by Susie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what i enjoy something that would get my focus oout of my current promblems like reading, puzzles or yoga.
2007-03-13 21:26:13 · answer #10 · answered by Vanessa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋