I didn't understand your question. Most of the time there's not much of a distinction for me between feeling negative and focused on negative thoughts. One leads to the other and vice versa. I've got huge concentration issues. My brain locks into concentrating on the past and fear or anxiety about the future. i don't see anything that i have to look forward to so one day just sort of runs into the other.

When I was working and raising a child, the demands of getting through the day helped keep me focussed. I used to be able to concentrate for hours on obscure technical problems that were part of my work. It was kind of an escape.