Envious of Sick? Working in Awful Jobs is No Fun

[turbo]

The trick I've heard is "think of a cow."

I've had mixed results with that.

Have you tried the "don't think of a banana" method? It's like trying to get an annoying song out of your head. The more you try, the more it is embedded.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Have you tried the "don't think of a banana" method? It's like trying to get an annoying song out of your head. The more you try, the more it is embedded.

There's a good book on this topic:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0898622239/?tag=pfamazon01-20

I read it for a social psych class.

 

[turbo]

There's a good book on this topic:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0898622239/?tag=pfamazon01-20

I read it for a social psych class.

Interesting. I had a problem with this suppression recently. For some reason, I decided to dig up a Sting video (looking for the music only, actually) of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" and the odd visuals embedded the music in my brain to the point where I was actively trying to concentrate on other music, and ... well, you get the idea. Hope you enjoy the video...

 

[Borek]

The trick I've heard is "think of a cow."

I've had mixed results with that.

I am using bright light method with succes most of the time. I just have to look directly at the bigthest spot, so not at huge lamp, but just at bulb. Halogens are very good, they are small and bright.

 

[russ_watters]

Sometimes I am envious of people who get the flu. I would love to be in bed a few days watching TV, no matter how crappy I would feel.

I remember one really awful job I worked at where a team member got appendicitis. No one sent him sympathy cards - we were all jealous as hell. It was that bad.

One of the best weekends I had last year was the 4-day weekend that my hernia surgery allowed me. I got to spend 4 straight days on my couch watching movies, only getting up to eat and pee. It was wonderful.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Sounds lovely. Where can I get one of these hernias?

 

[turbo]

Sounds lovely. Where can I get one of these hernias?

Wanna help me move this engine block?

Edit: You could help me shovel that snow that is falling tonight, though I could have used some help taking care of all the crap that slid off my roof a couple of weeks ago...