How do you let something that is bothering you go?

I'm wrestling with something and feeling disrespected and had an exchange with someone that sucked. I complained about it but won't hear anything (that really addresses it) back till Monday.

I'm glad I complained. I felt heard. But it is stressful nonetheless and I keep on and off thinking about how upset this makes me.

I will meditate, and distract myself with activities. I find that my thoughts and feelings about it go up and down.

How do you let something go?

[Miss P]

I journal, dunno if that's your bag, it really is a good vent sorter x

[Dog on a Tree]

Perhaps think to yourself that you have done what you can and to see how things go on Monday. Until then draw a line under it and have a nice weekend.
That's how I would try to let something go.

[wolfgaze]

You cultivate a heightend (higher) awareness for the circumstances you are experiencing...

You push yourself to think/perceive about the circumstances in new ways that weren't previously considered and entertained...

You find yourself reaching a point where you are so fed up with operating a certain way and with thinking/perceiving in a certain manner - that you are finally able to push/steer yourself in a new direction and explore previously uncharted 'territory'...

You can also ask your self questions which stimulate deeper contemplation and which will eventually yield new insights and again, promote a heightened awareness for what you're experiencing... Like asking yourself if your current manner of thinking/perceiving is doing anything to contribute to your health and well-being? If the answer is a resounding NO - then continue to contemplate and evaluate your relationship with those thoughts and perceptions, and why you would seek to maintain your attachment to them... Such a conscious exercise/practice does not yield immediate changes/results - however it will importantly and necessarily influence you to start breaking down the attachment to and identification with your former limiting ways of thinking/perceiving (which were not serving your highest interests)...

I heard a quote not long ago that went something along the lines of:

"You can't solve problems with the same level of consciousness that created them"

Thanks. Am feeling better today. I can also see things from a different perspective.

[Bill3]

Another approach is to not try to let it go at all but to accept it, examine it, ponder it, learn from it.

[cool09]

When somebody has done me wrong and upset me I get furious and need to be alone to gather myself. And I might talk it over with my dad. My nurse practitioner said some things last week that shocked me and left my stunned for a couple days. I'm over it now.

[katydid777]

Originally Posted by starrysky

How do you let something that is bothering you go?

I'm wrestling with something and feeling disrespected and had an exchange with someone that sucked. I complained about it but won't hear anything (that really addresses it) back till Monday.

I'm glad I complained. I felt heard. But it is stressful nonetheless and I keep on and off thinking about how upset this makes me.

I will meditate, and distract myself with activities. I find that my thoughts and feelings about it go up and down.

How do you let something go?

In some things time will help!!!!!!!!

[introspectiveme]

It’s very very difficult, especially if it’s people you want to let go of.

Time helps but you have to be patient and every time you feel overwhelmed by a certain thought, snap yourself out of it.

I keep saying to myself “not these thoughts again” and I’ll snap myself out of it. Maybe I’ll get up and walk or think about something else forcibly

I haven’t mastered it and I’m certainly not an expert but you have to do little things to not let these things weigh too much on you

Keeping busy to the point where your mind doesn’t have time for these things helps a lot

[tevelygo]

Letting go of people: I need to be fully clear as to why I do that to be able to do so. That is: why I am cutting off this person or why I do not want to repair the relationship anymore with them. Then I can move on.

Other emotional stuff... sometimes you just need to let go yeah. But then sometimes they are just too important to just try and let go. Then you have to figure out how to solve it...

[tevelygo]

Originally Posted by introspectiveme

Keeping busy to the point where your mind doesn’t have time for these things helps a lot

Only if you don't ignore the problem for too long with the distraction.

Yeah all this is a fine balance... don't get into the problem too much but don't neglect it either lol...