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Originally Posted by tecomsin
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.
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Thanks for the answer.
I wasn't trying to make a distinction between negative feelings and negative thoughts. Just a distinction between negative anything and between anything else, like, plain unmotivated for no visible reason. That's the case for me. I often don't feel or think of anything in particular yet can't focus.
This is funny how we are so similar here but: I also used to be able to concentrate for hours on obscure technical problems that were part of my work... Maybe it was an escape, I don't know.
The problem is, I'm at some point where demands of getting through the day doesn't help fix the focus issues. I just have to wait and pray that it gets fixed in time before deadline for work is up. Incredibly stressful...
...Can I ask you, do you relate your concentration issues to depression or more to schizoaffective disorder? If this question makes any more sense.