Do you prefer to have background noise at all times? Perhaps you use the TV or music to break up the silence. Psychologists suggest that there might be a good explanation for why you require the noise.
For Distraction.
Background noise may be used to distract from or avoid unpleasant emotions and thoughts.
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You use sound or music as a coping mechanism. To leave no energy for the things we are attempting to avoid, experts believe that “effectively, we fill our attentional capacity to the limit with other stimuli.”
Unhealthy Coping Mechanism
You can manage your emotions to some extent by playing background music.
Sadly, avoiding situations can make your problems worse. You don’t want to avoid your feelings entirely or indefinitely. You cannot deal with your concern; instead, you keep sweeping it under the rug.
Ways to Make Difficult Feelings Feel Safe
When emotions and fears are powerful, we naturally want to avoid thinking about them.
Experts offered some techniques for therapy-specific management of anxiety and depression.
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Behavior Restructuring
It is important to challenge your ideas in order to use this method. It enables you to recognize a thought, comprehend how it affects your feelings and behaviors, and determine whether the concept is constructive or destructive.
Social anxiety may prevent you from hanging out with friends.
Mindfulness
You can avoid self-judgment and learn to tolerate your feelings by practicing mindfulness.
Tolerating your negative thoughts rather than avoiding them will help you feel less reactive to them. It lets you concentrate on your breath while being neutral and unaffected by your thoughts. When a negative or unproductive thought arises, name it without condemnation and focus your attention on your breath.