[/quote]Do you guys ever feel this - I feel sick of myself, I want new thoughts in my head. Arg.[quote]
Ditto that. New thoughts, please come! I have had to resort to reciting the multiplication tables.
Make a list of all you are grateful for.
List 3 things you will do today - then do them.
Pray, then pray for someone else.
Call a friend and ask about them.
Play with children or your dog.
Exercise
Learn to juggle.
If you have trouble changing your thoughts change your actions. This gets your mind focused somewhere else. You can handle it.
More help look up Martin Seligman and Albert Ellis. Read about CBT.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.