The Beauty of distracting yourself

By -

Living in the moment


All of the new age movement seems to be about living in the moment. Be it mindfulness, meditation, deep breathing, everyone tells us the benefits of experiencing the full moment and living in the now. By having our attention directed to what we are doing at the moment, we can fully experience and react to what is happening now. With focus, we are able to deal with threats and opportunities more effectively, be more productive and enjoy ourselves fuller. By accepting a negative feeling, a failure, a mistake, we can move on quicker. Overall living in the moment makes us healthy. Sure.
However..... there are surely times when distraction can help.


Moments of Distraction


Hypnotherapists understand the power of distraction very well. It is not the fact that we live in the moment that gives us mastery over our sense, it is the ability to direct our attention when and where we need it most. Following are examples of situations where distractions help us out.


1-Standing in a que. Ever been in a long line? with nothing to do, long ques can drive us mad. Sure living in the moment can be great, but distracting ourselves with conversation, or planning a chore, texting someone can help relieve the often unbearable waiting times.

2-Going to sleep. We all heard of centering ourselves to help us get calm and go to sleep without any thoughts for the day. Often, it can be difficult. Sometimes distracting ourselves with a nice thought or a sort of day dream can get our minds of the negative loop, help us calm and therefore go to sleep.

3-Anxiety. We have all been anxious before going to give a speech, or an exam or any big life decision. The uncertainty and fear of failure can be crippling however a small distraction in the form of  a joke, a phone call or even a trip to the cooler can help us cope with anxiety and refresh our minds.

4-Pain and discomfort. It is common knowledge about hypnotherapists that distraction can help with pain. This is surely true as we know in our daily lives as well. We often get so absorbed in a conversation or a interesting book that for sometime we can forget about psychical pain and discomfort, As simple as it sounds, is actually a powerful trick when used with intention.








5-Creativity and problem solving. Often we are frustrated with problems and decisions that we cannot take. There are so many factors to consider that we simply do not know the answer. We get distracted or go for a glass of water and suddenly, the answer comes. Similarly, it can be some stimulus (such as something you read or a conversation you have) in that distraction time that helps us find the missing piece in the puzzle and we have the Eureka! moment.




Conclusion

Living in the moment is surely a priceless tool, however it is even better to have mastery over your attention. You can then direct it where you want it, how you want it and when you want it. Distraction is just another tool you can use while trying to live effectively! all you have to do is to convince yourself you can and should be able to distract yourself in certain times and this will come naturally to you.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Great times for housing real estate in Pakistan

By -
Image
  Investing is not an overly complicated process if you have the basics right. Everyone wants to be like a techie, sitting in front of the computer, clicking or typing away, and making money. But the reality, as many have already said, is quite boring. It requires research, grit, and also knowing one’s own preferred style of investing which can be based on the ability to take the risk, family background, available resources, aims, and so on. I myself have always been interested in seeing opportunities arise through reading macroeconomics and wider trends in the economy. Without a doubt, I read a lot and my intuition (the ability to see patterns) plays a role as well. This doesn’t mean I am Nostradamus, or that I can actually make money in the markets. However, I can write about what I feel are good opportunities. In 2012, it was quite obvious to me that the US is a great market for real estate investment. At the same time I predicted that by the end of the decade, Pakistan’s water ...
Read more

Freud: A review

By -
Image
::SPOILERS::: I just finished watching the first and only season of the German/Austrian Netflix Orignal 'Freud'. A reimaging of the early life of Sigmund Freud, before he became famous for his work in psychoanalysis. The show starts off as an autobiography. It shows a young Freud who has just encountered hypnosis and is trying to convince his peer of its powers. The show gives the impression that Freud was a big believer in hypnosis early on and among his peers was the only one who believed that neurosis was due to 'thoughts and beliefs' rather than physiology. This is not entirely accurate, but the show does a good job of portraying him as a genius waiting to be discovered. The show quickly turns into a crime thriller with Freud coming into contact with a group of Hungarian rebels. These Hungarian rebels at first glance seem like trickers playing around with the feelings of people and letting them talk to their dead loved ones through Fleur, the medium. Howeve...
Read more

Can we create our own luck?

By -
Image
      I have been reading about luck and probability and its part in the equation for success. We have all heard the age-old phrases of how ‘successful people create their own luck’, or ‘the harder you work, the luckier you get’ and even ‘luck favours the prepared’. But can luck actually be created? Well yes and no. There are two things overall involved in making ‘chance work for you’. One is about positive reframing so that you feel lucky and the other is to get the odds in your favour. In fact, both of these feed into each other as well. Lets break it down.     Reframing the past events Our past has lead us to our present. Many view their past as a series of events that were partly random and partly by design. When we reframe our past as ‘good luck’ that has brought us to today and recognize how our life is better than it was yesterday, you suddenly loose the cynicism and embrace a kind of gracious attitude towards life. Not only does it make one happier, but ...
Read more