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Old Aug 28, 2013, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by A Red Panda View Post
It's worth a shot anyway

Just cause I want to, here's a list of all the ways that I tend to refocus myself (or just relieve stress) when I'm somewhere and in the middle of things:
- I play with my hair
- Fiddle with pens
- Grip or play with coins
- stack things on the table (if there's a lot of things around, I'll stack and/or order things)
- doodle
- I grip onto and twist the end of my purse
- fold paper corners
- bounce my foot when my legs are crossed
- grip and ungrip my fist
- finding anomalies/patterns in floors, ceilings, walls.

As you can see... my refocuses are almost all tactile. Sounds and smells irritate me most of the time so I try to ignore them. And sight tends to distract me as opposed to help me focus - it really depends on what I'm trying to actually focus on.
I completely understand what you mean about it being distracting. Any of my senses, it seems, distract me. I think it's because I over think whatever distracts me then I over think about what I should be focusing on.