…and blow them away. Ha! That’s from an old show Dharma and Greg. I think it was an exercise she did with her mom, where they expressed critical thoughts about each other and they’d put that thought in a bubble and blow it away. I don’t actually do that. Well, not all the time only when I’m have particularly intrusive thoughts that won’t leave.
But here’s the thing, thoughts are involuntary. We can’t control our thinking. Random shit goes in and out of our brains all day long. Bits of song, weird fragments of whatever, positive stuff, negative crap. Conversations from years ago. Even arbitrary thoughts that we have no idea where it came from. All of it beyond our control. The only thing we control is what we do about the flotsam and jetson that floats through our mind.
What I’m saying is, negative thoughts aren’t any different than any other thought. So the way I deal with them is simple. I let them be. I mean, I can’t avoid them, right? They’re going to happen whether I want them or not. So there’s no use fussing about them. Sometimes I say to myself, “Wow, that was dark.” and then I let the thought drift away. Or, as the title says, I put it in a bubble and blow it away.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been depressed, and I have spiraled down the negative thought rabbit hole. I am human after all. But when it comes do the day-to-day stuff, I just let negative stuff slide. It really is as simple as that.
Take care, y’all. Thanks for reading and I’ll chat at you later.
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