I'm terrible with titles so there you go. Anyway, last week was terrible but I think I'm getting better at redirecting my thoughts. I asked a friend who went through the death of her husband from skin cancer several years ago how she manages to keep her emotions under control. She said she tells herself that this(whatever is bothering her) is not what she wants to put energy into. I tried that so far so go. It seems to work. Anytime I start thinking upsetting, energy draining thoughts I tell myself I don't want to waste energy on this.
