Have you ever tried to take control of your thoughts? I am not talking about repression, repression is when you don't deal with past or current pain. Repression occurs when a thought, memory, or feeling is too painful for an individual, so the said person unconsciously pushes the information out of consciousness and becomes unaware of its existence. The result of repressing your thoughts can give you bad dreams.

So do you have options apart from your own thinking when you become caught in a whirlwind of emotion, or offended by someone else's behavior? I am learning to bring my pain and fru...