Originally Posted by DontRemember

It does at times. Drinking made it much worse,like I was trapped in my head with no outside focus on real things. I was on a constant 'loop' of various issues/things/people that I have no control over. AA helps me with this even though I don't go often but, when I feel the 'trapped moment' coming on I try and force myself to do something to take my mind off of it. Whether it's a walk, go to AA for an hour and listen/talk if I feel like it,clean a room in my house,ect.. I just try to do something that I do have control over.