Originally Posted by
lessgravity 
All good stuff - I don't want that oblivion, you're right. But my AV still is strong enough to tell me I do. I suppose that's what I mean.
yes, but i meant something different.
for me, it was not helpful to experience a want and not acknowledge it as a want.
the work in the questions came in after that, in accepting it was a want, temporary though it might be, and then trying to see why i wanted it. what was it supposed to do for me? and after i got a good idea of that, finding other ways of getting to where i wanted to be.
most often, it turns out it's about not being comfortable with what i'm feeling. wanting to get the hell out from where i'm at emotionally.
from there, i can choose to do other things.