Thinking about things can make you do them whether you want to or not. Like tripping while carrying a large platter of flaming cheesecake. Not that this has happened to me, but every time I see someone trip while carrying something you most definitely do not want to drop, I figure that they must have been thinking really hard about not dropping it. Why is it that when you obsess about something, the opposite of what you want to happen occurs?
Take, for instance, the classic "I will NOT text him, I will NOT text him, I will NOT text him." And then what happens? You text him. Sure, it's an innocuous (ooooo, SAT word, bonus!) "hey". But what are you REALLY doing when you send that? You are opening yourself up to a potential world of disappointment and confusion.
But how do you NOT obsess about terrible things coming to fruition? It's damn near impossible. You can try distractions, but it's like no matter what you try, it's always there in the back of your head, just waaaaaiting to jump out at you right when you pick up that flaming cheesecake. So I guess there is no stopping it. Maybe we SHOULD just let it happen and stop, drop and roll when it comes to. Maybe facing the terrible somehow prepares you for something you can't imagine. Then, when it hits you, you've got the extinguisher ready.
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