How to Distract Yourself

Everyone knows that you can’t distract yourself if your only intention is to distract yourself. If you’re thinking about not thinking about something, it won’t work. Therefore, stop trying to distract yourself. Let it happen naturally.

This natural progression from that state of mind to another should happen rather slowly, but in order to assist yourself in your efforts of distractions, you might want to surround yourself in things that you need to do. For example, if it’s near finals week, go ahead and reread your notes or skim your books. Get ready for it. Or… do your homework. Just be productive.

If that doesn’t work, find someone you trust and talk to them. Just tell them what’s on your mind, or tell them not to talk about what’s going on. If a friend or family member is not available, once again, find something else to do- listen to music, read a book, play a game, or- even though this sounds childish- color. You’ll be paying too much attention to picking the right color or getting the colors inside the lines to focus on your problems.

Hopefully those ideas should allow you to distract yourself. If not, though, you’ll have to let things continue in their natural progression. Work everything out by thinking it through.