Lately, I have been practicing a self-preservation technique where I minimize my interactions with someone that manages to stress me out on purpose. They know they are doing it, they know it bothers me, and yes, I have requested that they stop, but it continues – so my next step, naturally, has been to put distance between me and whoever that person is.
Slowly but surely, what they say or do has stopped bothering me – I no longer react or even think about a good comeback. If anything, I only feel pity for them – that they derive happiness by making someone else miserable?! That’s just sad. Why waste my time and energy in correcting or requesting people when they have the “I can do no wrong” attitude?
I realized today, apparently, I have been "GREY ROCKING" all this while!
The google explanation for Grey Rocking is, "your objective is to make someone lose interest in you. You don't feed their needs for drama or attention. You don't show emotion, say anything interesting, or disclose any personal information. Nor do you ask questions or participate in conversations, except for brief factual replies."
Countless times, this has helped me maintain my sanity. Helped me focus completely on what needs my attention and what absolutely does not.
This is perfect! For people who do not like confrontations - who don’t want drama of any kind in their life!
Therefore, I am going to suggest to you all, this holiday season, try and practice Grey Rocking – when you meet certain people over family gatherings for lunches and dinners. After all, isn’t that the whole point of this season? To be happy? To be jolly? Why spoil your mood because a certain someone’s sad life has just one goal – to bother you?! That’s their problem – not yours!
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Sweta Shah Sakhpara is a pranic energy therapist and a pranic psychotherapist. She also teaches mindfulness and meditation to kids, adults and families. When she is not doing any of the above, she actively practices being a mindful parent to two kids.
Having learned and practiced pranic healing for ~fifteen years, Sweta has been blessed with the trust of many clients for ailments as simple as a headache to complex ones like Tourette’s syndrome, from depression and anxiety to finding ways to embrace the idea of a new normal with a child being diagnosed on the spectrum. You could read more about her HERE.
