What's the difference between psychological and emotional pain? But yeah either one of those, I wish people understood how bad mental suffering can be. How do I get rid of it?
I had assumed psychological pain would be like a cognitive disorder like depression or ADHD, and emotional pain would be something related to like losing a loved one or something - I don't know, I guess they could be considered the same.
Are you depressed? Or anxious or something?
I agree that mental suffering is horrible - I'd much rather put up with physical problems as mental suffering can be so debilitating.
As to getting rid of it, I think that starts with realistic expectations. It's not just going to all disappear at the snap of the fingers - it takes baby steps, little by little. But the good news is if you can even find one second of your day where you feel even a teensy bit better, taht means the possibility is there - if you can do it for a half of a second, where you just don't feel completely miserable, that means you can do it for 3 seconds, then 5, and eventually a minute, then an hour, and so on and so forth.
All you need for this to happen is to recognize that the possibility exists. By acknowledging that, this possibility actually starts to change your neurological structure (neuroplasticity) - meaning your brain physically starts to change.
The most important thing I can say to you, is that getting better requires effort. But it's possible. Just accept it's possible - that's all you need to get your foot in the door.
Are you bothered all day long by depressive thoughts, or an over active brain that won't let you rest? Try this:
Try going about your day, or doing things at home, and only looking out of the corners of your eyes. This is difficult at first, because your vision keeps going back and forth between seeing out of the corner of your eye, to looking straightforward normally. However, as I said above, you can in fact do this for a second or two before your vision reverts back to the front. If you put in the effort, you will be able to do it for a few more seonds, and eventually, for extended periods of time. You just have to put in the effort.
What this does is force your brain to be occupied 100% by this task - it leaves no room for intrusive, depressing, or anxious thoughts. It might sound silly or ridiculous, but I encourage you to try it when you feel at your worst and work at it a little bit. You will find that afterwards you feel so much more relaxed. The effort required at first will disappear, until you can do this automatically to take your mind off of things. So don't just think that because it's hard at first, or a pain in the ass, that it will always be like that. It will little by little, get easier and easier.
