i have found day-dreaming to be very helpful, insightful, and an excellent coping mechanism when i am overwhelmed. letting the mind run free and watching where it goes, or gently leading it into exploring new behaviors, is a good thing, in my opinion.

too often someone else is trying to tell me how much time i get to take care of myself. sorry me if i listen to that~! if you label what you are experiencing as negative, how can you use it to help yourself ? look at it for what it is, an honest report by your own mind on it's condition. then use self-soothing skills, or change your external environment, or your meds, or something that actually benefits the destructive thoughts and emotions you are having.

there is a post in the Emotions forum on Self-Soothing Skills.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/copin...whelming~.html

best wishes~
Gus