I do!
Observations: I don’t get upset often, especially not lately, but if I do it fades very quickly and thinking back on the situation it has much less sting. Often I just shrug it off, which is not normal for me.
Case in point, a few nights ago I was helping a friend with his website, and then he updated something and somehow managed to delete the whole WP install. Hours of my work, setting up products, building a custom theme, gone. He figured I’d be pissed, but honestly I just rolled my eyes and laughed, as I’ve done equally stupid things in the past… and I started rebuilding the site again.
I’ve also noticed myself shutting down negative thoughts quickly, as if I’m giving myself a pep talk to show my mind that what I’m thinking is ridiculous.
For example, a couple of weeks ago I was out for an evening walk and I had my earbuds in, listening to a sub… StarkQT, I think. I came across a stranger, who turned out to be a new neighbor, and he asked me something… I had earbuds in so didn’t hear him, but figured it was something akin to hello, to I mumbled hey or something and kept walking. Well, apparently this fellow had asked me something about a nearby location, which he would have seen himself had he turned his head slightly… anyways, because I didn’t answer, he followed me and started shouting at me, and then kicked a gate as I was going through. At this point, I paused my audio, and just stared at him as he asked me the question again. I just pointed behind him and said “that’s what the sign says, just look.” and resumed my audio and walked away as he shouted at me some more.
Earlier today, I got a notice that Amazon had delivered a package today, and for whatever reason as I was heading out to get it, I had a mental vision of this jackass kicking my package and breaking it. After about 2 seconds my brain said "lol, why would he just happen to be in front of the door again, kicking a package? That’s ridiculous… and even if he did, so what? It’s a shipment of diapers and wipes… can’t really break that."To which I thought “well yeah, those are both good points…” and by then I was outside and both boxes were there, safe and sound. That whole process today took… 5 seconds, maybe… but previously I might have let myself get worked up a bit about the rude guy who lives near me.
There’s the best feedback I’ve got on Negativity Displacer, if that’s the module behind this change 