damianjmcgrath
03-09-16, 23:59
How do people stop their mind imagining the worst?
For example, right now, I'm lying in bed, in a hotel, with a very drunk wife and a 3 year old, and I've got a discomfort in my left side, by my hip bone. It feels really weird like it could be a blockage or appendicitis (probably not but my head goes straight there!).
Straight away, I'm imagining a situation where the paramedics are coming to get me, and I'm being whisked off to hospital.
I worry that if I collapse or I'm suddenly in a lot worse pain, no one in my room could help me.
I worry that the reception at this hotel closed at 10 so I'd have to try and get through to the night porter might could take a while.
I obviously worry there's something seriously wrong with me because all the time I'm thinking this, it's getting worse.
How do I stop?
I tried listening to music or doing something else but could still feel the discomfort/pain and it worried me more that distraction didn't help!
For example, right now, I'm lying in bed, in a hotel, with a very drunk wife and a 3 year old, and I've got a discomfort in my left side, by my hip bone. It feels really weird like it could be a blockage or appendicitis (probably not but my head goes straight there!).
Straight away, I'm imagining a situation where the paramedics are coming to get me, and I'm being whisked off to hospital.
I worry that if I collapse or I'm suddenly in a lot worse pain, no one in my room could help me.
I worry that the reception at this hotel closed at 10 so I'd have to try and get through to the night porter might could take a while.
I obviously worry there's something seriously wrong with me because all the time I'm thinking this, it's getting worse.
How do I stop?
I tried listening to music or doing something else but could still feel the discomfort/pain and it worried me more that distraction didn't help!