I have become quite good at blocking out what I don't want to hear or notice.
I have become such an expert at this that, even when not in crisis, I don't hear what other people are saying, including my children. I can be looking straight ahead at the television and not know what I'm watching. This is a survival skill that I acquired in order to protect myself from frightening or potentially dangerous situations. It served me well in the past, but it no longer serves me. It is difficult to change this pattern, but now that I'm aware of my zoning-out behavior, I can learn to consciously come back to the real world.
Today I will practice paying attention and tuning in to the sounds and events around me.
Dear Janet:
I find myself doing things like that.
Example - When I am getting supper ready, I will ask my husband what he wants to drink - then I don't listen - I remember to ask him but then I stay busy with what I'm doing. So honestly sometimes I will ask 3 times what he wants - tea, coke, water?
He used to look at me like I was crazy, now he just keeps answering - haha.
Love, Becky
That's just one example. Guess my mind is only able to be on one thing at a time.
I find myself doing things like that.
Example - When I am getting supper ready, I will ask my husband what he wants to drink - then I don't listen - I remember to ask him but then I stay busy with what I'm doing. So honestly sometimes I will ask 3 times what he wants - tea, coke, water?
He used to look at me like I was crazy, now he just keeps answering - haha.
Love, Becky
That's just one example. Guess my mind is only able to be on one thing at a time.
