Distracting yourself
Distracting
Do you ever find yourself avoiding reality? It could be mindlessly scrolling on your phone, bingeing a Netflix show or simply staring into space.
When things start to overwhelm me or I have important decisions to make, I can easily prevent these uncomfortable feelings by creating perpetual distractions. It鈥檚 easy nowadays to hop on social media and remain out of touch from reality for numerous hours.
I鈥檓 quite a self-aware person so I realise when I鈥檓 in a bad pattern of distracting myself. It鈥檚 my mechanism to prevent unwanted emotions surrounding tasks or decisions that are upcoming鈥攁kin to procrastinating.
It can be hard to snap out of these phases. Eventually you have to face reality and confront the very thing you have been avoiding. Going through university, I鈥檝e had a fair amount of intentional distractions I鈥檝e maintained to avoid assignments or decisions. And I also know I鈥檓 not the only one.
It can be hard casting away distractions and being thrown back into reality. But eventually these unwanted emotions can鈥檛 always be pushed down and avoided. Sometimes you have to set aside some time to reflect and make hard decisions. Have you been distracting yourself lately?