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Don't do that!
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<start joke part one>
The doctor asks "When do you get the pain?". The guy says "Every time I put both my legs over and behind my head, then touch my toes together, and then put my arms behind my back and interlock them at the elbows, then pull really tight and bend my hands backwards.". The doctor says "Yes, I think we can cure the pain: DON'T DO THAT!". <end joke part one> |
If it's true we do sad (not are), then it's true we can not do sad (likewise for worried) like a possibility. The hard part is trying out this new approach given the almost overwhelming folk lore (ie learned common sense) that it doesn't work that way. But it's just possible that "doesn't work that way" is only erroneously learned common sense which arbitrarily excludes all other workable approaches. Try it out. If it works, take it: it's yours; if it doesn't: leave it here, and walk on.
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<start joke part two>
"Ah yes" says the doctor "I only charged you one dollar for saying 'DON'T DO THAT!'. But I charged you nine hundred and ninety nine dollars for knowing that's what you needed to hear.". <end joke part two> |
The thing about erroneously learned common sense, is it can be un-learned. But it'll keep snapping back like a rubber band until "Don't do that!" becomes the new common sense. Try it on for size. Confront your free-floating sadness and worry and others of that ilk, with "No, don't do that!". Be responsible. Notice what happens.