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[ShrekDawg]

This sucks. Sorry.

 

[Sally PB]

@TheDawg

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I never have been big on puzzle games, either. I guess for me I get enough of that sort of problem-solving thinking when I'm reading about genetics or answering genetic questions, so I don't find puzzles to be that big of a draw, myself. But, I have recently discovered that I do really enjoy playing minesweeper, of all things! It was introduced a couple months ago on a game site I'm part of and I've been playing it way too much ever since. You could also just get a coloring game on your phone that can be a distraction without being something too difficult. I don't have any of those, but my sister plays them a lot to fill time. I hope you can find something fun for you to do for a distraction.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@TheDawg

I never have been big on puzzle games, either. I guess for me I get enough of that sort of problem-solving thinking when I'm reading about genetics or answering genetic questions, so I don't find puzzles to be that big of a draw, myself. But, I have recently discovered that I do really enjoy playing minesweeper, of all things! It was introduced a couple months ago on a game site I'm part of and I've been playing it way too much ever since. You could also just get a coloring game on your phone that can be a distraction without being something too difficult. I don't have any of those, but my sister plays them a lot to fill time. I hope you can find something fun for you to do for a distraction.

Thanks

I like Bitlife lol that one’s fun.

But even that doesn’t always help.

 

[Sally PB]

@TheDawg, find ways to "get out of your head." Break that thought chain. Here are things that have worked for me.

Take a shower
take a nap
take a walk
read
write in a journal (this helped me a lot!)
talk to someone
look up something you're interested in online and go down that rabbit hole
play with your (beautiful) dog
cook a new recipe
volunteer somewhere (this takes planning, so not an immediate help)
watch a movie or TV
listen to music (and sing and dance)

 

[ShrekDawg]

@TheDawg, find ways to "get out of your head." Break that thought chain. Here are things that have worked for me.

Take a shower
take a nap
take a walk
read
write in a journal (this helped me a lot!)
talk to someone
look up something you're interested in online and go down that rabbit hole
play with your (beautiful) dog
cook a new recipe
volunteer somewhere (this takes planning, so not an immediate help)
watch a movie or TV
listen to music (and sing and dance)

Thanks!! These are all excellent ideas!! I’ll try them. This morning I took the dog for a walk which helped. I do feel better now. And I’m going to club and the doctor’s today which will both help. But then when I come home I’ll have to try some of these ideas.

 

[Sally PB]

The journal thing was very theraputic for me. In a creative writing class, we had to write a dialog with ___________. The blank was whatever "hump" you needed to get over in your writing. One woman wrote a dialog with her main character (who wasn't cooperating in her story, haha) and ended up totally changing her story into something much better.

I don't recall what I wrote for that assignment. But a few years later, I had a dialog with my sweet tooth. I asked her why she was so insistent on wanting SO MANY SWEETS! It was sort of a free association conversation. It helped me understand why I wanted to eat so much.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The journal thing was very theraputic for me. In a creative writing class, we had to write a dialog with ___________. The blank was whatever "hump" you needed to get over in your writing. One woman wrote a dialog with her main character (who wasn't cooperating in her story, haha) and ended up totally changing her story into something much better.

I don't recall what I wrote for that assignment. But a few years later, I had a dialog with my sweet tooth. I asked her why she was so insistent on wanting SO MANY SWEETS! It was sort of a free association conversation. It helped me understand why I wanted to eat so much.

That’s awesome!!! It sounds very useful. I might have to give journaling another shot. I’ve never really been very big on it but the therapist has mentioned it a couple times.

 

[Sally PB]

That’s awesome!!! It sounds very useful. I might have to give journaling another shot. I’ve never really been very big on it but the therapist has mentioned it a couple times.

This conversation took a bit of practice. I kept wanting to "direct" it, if that makes sense. Finally, when I was writing the Sweet Tooth's responses, I just wrote down whatever came to mind, and didn't try to think of what to say.

This was writing out longhand, not typing. Slow. So I'd try to "think" of what ST would say. Nope, just write down whatever comes to mind.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Also I have some stuff that was supposed to arrive yesterday but now it says delayed and expected either today or tomorrow and if it doesn’t arrive I can get a refund but… I don’t want a refund. I want the product I ordered LOL although a refund would be nice too.