When I was young, I discovered how to detach from a negative situation.  I was pleasantly surprised how absolutely freeing this could be.

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Believe it or I not, I leaned this from watching scary movies, not literally scary movie but scary movies in general. 

Let me explain by way of an analogy.

Imagine you are at a movie theatre and watching a really scary movie. You come to an extremely tense scene in the movie. Your heart is racing, your hands are sweating, and your anxiety levels are increasing. Suddenly… you have the realization that your just watching a movie, and your anxiety level decreases.

I would encourage you to practice detaching in this fashion whenever you encounter a negative situation.   You are not necessarily telling yourself that the situation is not real but you are being more accurate by realizing that you are not trapped by your emotions. 

Even if you do this just for a minute or two. You can experience immediate relief. To be clear, I am not talking about running away from a problem, but simply learning to step back so that you are not trapped by your emotions, whatever they are. Then you can be very effective in bringing about a solution to a problem, if one actually exists.

This might seem ineffective, but learning to stop and detach from an emotionally provocative situation really works, according to Dr. Rudolph Tanzi.  If you get into the habit of doing this your brain is very responsive.  The nerve cells in your brain and body that fire together, rewire together.  This will engrain a new habit, and a new way of responding to situations where previously you became very emotional.

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