Thought for today: Minimize your exposure to things that cause distress.
This came up on my daily lecturette from Moodscope - it's meant to be helpful advice. Yes, it's quite good - but it avoids the distinction between the things that cause distress and one can do nothing about (for example, the hideous snuff video one of Finn's friends showed him yesterday - on his phone!) - and things which cause distress perhaps because one is doing nothing about them.
I love hiding from upsetting things - when I am in a sunny cheery mood that's probably why. I have elected to forget all sorts of upsetting things. However, one needs to confront the stuff that one's doing to distress oneself (not dealing with certain things - things one has done which induce guilt, things one should say "sorry" for). So although hiding from things that cause distress might be good advice for a day or so, it's not really the best long-term strategy.
This came up on my daily lecturette from Moodscope - it's meant to be helpful advice. Yes, it's quite good - but it avoids the distinction between the things that cause distress and one can do nothing about (for example, the hideous snuff video one of Finn's friends showed him yesterday - on his phone!) - and things which cause distress perhaps because one is doing nothing about them.
I love hiding from upsetting things - when I am in a sunny cheery mood that's probably why. I have elected to forget all sorts of upsetting things. However, one needs to confront the stuff that one's doing to distress oneself (not dealing with certain things - things one has done which induce guilt, things one should say "sorry" for). So although hiding from things that cause distress might be good advice for a day or so, it's not really the best long-term strategy.
