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How do I deal with bad/painful/embarrassing memories? When they start to overwhelm me - and I'm one of those people who just can't stop poking at sores - I imagine myself standing in a room, I'm on one side, my memories on the other - and then I draw a curtain between us. The curtain is heavy, made of red velvet, it's soft and warm to the touch - and as long as it's between me and my memories, they can't touch me. They are still there and I'm aware of them, but they can't reach me. I don't know if it's a healthy way, to deal with bad stuff that way, but so far, it's been working for me...

Date: 2010-08-14 09:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gaffsie.livejournal.com
I usually shudder with disgust with myself and then I force myself to think of something else.

Date: 2010-08-16 08:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com
I tried that. It didn't work. So I use this way to "physically" remove myself from the memories :)

Re: Musings on life

Date: 2010-08-14 04:11 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] redina
{hugs}

Years of reading/watching porn, lack of sleep, and junk food have successfully killed off quite a number of brain cells. In other words, I forgot. ;-)

Re: Musings on life

Date: 2010-08-16 08:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com
Numbing your brain with porn... Hm. Do you think we could get a patent for that?

Date: 2010-08-16 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com
I think that's a calm, mature and peaceful way to do it. For me, the bad/painful memories, I just put them aside, they get better as time passes. For the embarassing ones, I kinda screamed and beat myself ( in my head ) :)

Date: 2010-08-16 08:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com
I'm one of those people who has to gnaw on one thing till there's blood. I had to find a way to put... something... between myself and the bad/embarrassing stuff, it was driving my batty.

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