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event. In the event of heavy rain, the encampment will be cancelled, but the music portion and talk will be held. The Mansfield House, the headquarters of the Middlesex County Historical Society, is located at 151 Main St., Middletown, and is handicapped accessible. The Society’s exhibits, Hard & Stirring Times: Middletown and the Civil War and Within These Walls: One House, One Family, Two Centuries, will be available for viewing. For more info, call the society at (860) 346-0746. Submitted by Deborah Shapiro
was told to try to not think about pink polar bears and the other group wasn’t given that instruction. The group that tried to stop thinking about pink polar bears found themselves thinking a whole lot about pink polar bears. The other group, not so much. Instead of trying to suppress thoughts of anxiety, dental appointments or pink polar bears, do this instead: Just notice that you are having the thought, and instantly turn your mind’s attention to something else. Anything else will work, but it helps to have a few things picked out beforehand. I suggest thinking of something that you find personally interesting. My brother would be happily distracted by imagining the
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composition of the ideal basketball team. I wouldn’t find that thought distracting, mainly because I can only name about four basketball players. On a good day. So I would choose something else to think about — perhaps a plan for next year’s garden or a fantasy restaurant tour. My kids would rather think about which different dragons might breed to make a rainbow dragon, or how the order of different ice creams in a cone influences taste. The point is, choose something to think about that draws your attention. Then, whenever you start having anxious thoughts — and what I mean by this is every single time you start to have the anxious thoughts — say to yourself, “Oh, there’s that worry thought again. Now how ‘bout...” and fill in this space with the thoughts you’ve decided to turn to. Try to not let yourself be-
come upset or frustrated when the anxious thought pops up. Just calmly notice it and turn the mind. Over and over and over. And over. You’ll get better at this the more you practice doing it. Think of it as a skill, not a talent. You may find yourself forgetting to turn the mind now and then and getting stuck in the anxious thoughts, but go back to just continuing to try. Notice and turn your attention. The key thing is that you aren’t letting those anxietyprovoking thoughts hang around in your head. Obsessing about anxiety-provoking thoughts creates a lot of anxiety and doesn’t solve any problems. The more you use this turningthe-mind technique, the faster you will find yourself feeling better.
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