When You Don’t Want to Get Over Something, Here’s How You Do It Anyway

How to snap out of it and get on with your life.

Have you ever said to yourself, had it said to you, or said to another, “Just snap out of it.”

This statement supposes that we have the ability, knowledge, and desire at that moment to do so, and this is often not the case.

What about all those times when “snapping out of it” sounds good but feels impossible?

Of course, we all know that the first step in “snapping out of it” is wanting to.

When we are deep in joylessness, discouragement, despair, or doubt, the desire to leave this state of mind may have also abandoned us.

Then the question is, “How do I become willing to snap out of it?”

Here are two quick ways to get over the “why bother feeling” and be willing to “snap out of it” and be happy again.

>1. Pause and remember a time you were happy. To remember might take some deep recall and imagination.

Compare it to how you feel now. Feel the difference. Were you more comfortable physically and mentally when you were happy?

Keep feeling the difference until you catch that glimmer of “willingness” and hold on to the…