I'm caught in a spin right now, and I'm trying to tell myself not to listen to my thoughts. Just looked at a listing of local community events and the automatic thought is nothing seems interesting...I'll stay home and isolate...my friends will drift away...thoughts of dread of upcoming work commitments...thoughts that I'll never meet a loving man...etc. etc. I hate my mind! All I can do is try to not be drawn in, and to replace the thoughts with more positive, rational ones, but sometimes it rings hollow. I sometimes wish I could have brain surgery.