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How Do I Deal with Annoying Things I Can't Control?


There are problems you just can't fix, annoying things that come up in life you just have to learn to deal with. If you've got advice for learning to deal with issues that aren't going away, jump in and help out a fellow reader!

JC writes:

Several months ago I became aware of the existence of annoying little things in my eye called

floaters

. I've been reassured by my doctor that they're harmless, but I find them very annoying. I'm having genuine difficulties dealing with them and accepting their existence. Do you know some ways of dealing with this problem, or more generally, with annoying things over which you have no control?

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