Comments on: Distraction http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/07/12/social-anxiety-distraction/ An Exploration into Social Anxiety Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:14:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan Oelke http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/07/12/social-anxiety-distraction/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Ryan Oelke Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:06:11 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/07/12/social-anxiety-distraction/#comment-110 Oh yes, I'm good at keeping myself distracted! Returning from my retreat I am putting effort into not distracting myself. This post is great in that you really fleshed out the complexity of all of this. All of this is true: the activities we do have meaning; we can use acitivities for subtle purposes, like avoidance; and we can sort of go on autopilot without being able to shut it off. What I'm concerned with most is understanding and working through any needs I have to distract myself, which definitely increases the more anxiety I experience, which also creates more anxiety. One of my favorites is drumming with my fingers. Doesn't help that I'm also a drummer:P For me, I first have to get perspective, some way to step back and notice what's happening, like you have in this post. Then I try to take actions that sort of help/force me to not be as distracted. I have had an insane blog roll that can keep me endlessly distracted. so, I went in and painfully axed several feeds from my daily reads. I also switched rss readers, which has helped indirectly in that it's much more effecient and less time consuming. When it's empty, I'm done. That's an example of how I try to take action from what I observe about myself. This particular action has helped me a great deal. Oh yes, I’m good at keeping myself distracted! Returning from my retreat I am putting effort into not distracting myself. This post is great in that you really fleshed out the complexity of all of this. All of this is true: the activities we do have meaning; we can use acitivities for subtle purposes, like avoidance; and we can sort of go on autopilot without being able to shut it off.

What I’m concerned with most is understanding and working through any needs I have to distract myself, which definitely increases the more anxiety I experience, which also creates more anxiety. One of my favorites is drumming with my fingers. Doesn’t help that I’m also a drummer:P

For me, I first have to get perspective, some way to step back and notice what’s happening, like you have in this post. Then I try to take actions that sort of help/force me to not be as distracted. I have had an insane blog roll that can keep me endlessly distracted. so, I went in and painfully axed several feeds from my daily reads. I also switched rss readers, which has helped indirectly in that it’s much more effecient and less time consuming. When it’s empty, I’m done.

That’s an example of how I try to take action from what I observe about myself. This particular action has helped me a great deal.

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