What is your distraction?

[Chantellabella]

Life is 24/7

Sometimes pain can be 24/7

So how do you distract from life or pain when it gets too much?


Just for some honest introspection, list what behaviors you do to distract
and then when you finish, maybe go back and rate them healthy or unhealthy.


Examples:

I distract with

arguing - unhealthy
making movies - healthy
drawing - healthy
eating - unheathy when eating sweets
exercising - healthy
talking fast - healthy to talk but not to the point of annoying people
dissociating - unhealthy now
computer games- unhealthy for me because I don't exercise
photography - healthy


Your turn. ....

[CaduceusGUILT]

I find socializing to be my favourite distraction of all, especially since it helps me with my anxiety. Other than that, I enjoy reading, watching movies/TV, and playing video games distractions but they're not as healthy.

[Chantellabella]

Thanks Parakeet and CaduceusGuilt, for sharing your thoughts. It's cool to see so many positive ways to distract. And yeah, I distract a lot with TV lately (never used to) and computer which keeps me from exercising. I used to exercise while watching movies, so I need to go back to that.

[L]

Really loud music on my iPod takes unbearable sad feelings away
Emercing myself at work in the nursing home distracts me
Studying and reading for college
Going for a drive
baking
The internet

[Sagan]

Watching science documentaries/lectures, reading, Watching interesting YouTube videos. Exploring back roads and getting my car stuck

[Monroe]

When I'm overwhelmed with too many emotions or too many thoughts, my most effective way to help would be turning on some of my favourite music loudly, and trying to concentrate distinctly on the songs. Trying to pay attention to every instrument, every lyric, the singer's voice, everything. Concentrating like that helps with anxious thoughts. I also read to escape into another "life", to distract from my own. Coming on the internet as well, although sometimes internet makes it worse depending on what I'm doing or reading.

[Chantellabella]

I like going for a drive too. Kind of makes you disappear, huh?

[Chantellabella]

Another traveler. And hi, my friend. I'm glad to see you here.

[Chantellabella]

I hear you about loud music. I can get lost in it also.

[Sparrow]

I distract myself by:

Dissociating
Reading
Cleaning
Internet games
Working

I consider all of the above to be unhealthy because they cause me to procrastinate and avoid way too much.

[Member11]

Watching TV shows, music, eating, walking, talking with people, debating, PC games and riding public transport to no-where.

[Anteros]

The internet, reading, food, sleeping (when I can fall asleep), taking excessively long showers, painting & drawing.

[Chantellabella]

Thanks Sparrow, MaxPower and Seagull for sharing your distractions. I also dissociate which used to be a good thing, but now, not so good. I love to paint and draw also to relieve pain, anxiety or depression.

And lately, MaxPower I've been doing the eating and watching TV thing. Those are two distractions I'm trying to break.

[Kesky]

Daydreaming about distracting activities
Writing
Running
Long showers too, lol, especially in the winter
Internet

.....what sparrow said

[billius]

Working out, green tea, music, metal and anything that tastes good in a vapor genie, all pretty healthy I think