You may be preoccupied by waves of distressing thoughts or indeterminate anxiety today. As you endeavor to reconcile these feelings, you may find yourself distracted and unable to focus. You may be lost in thought and thus more apt to make mistakes, miss opportunities, and fail to recognize when your loved ones need your attention. The key to recovering your ability to focus and finding your way out of your own little world may lie in analyzing your feelings. As you search your soul and reflect upon your past, you may unearth issues and emotional baggage that have lingered in your subconscious mind. The more you know about the nature of the cause of your preoccupation today, the more effectively you can address it.

When you are bothered by seemingly inexplicable worry or mental fixations that maintain a vicelike grip on your thoughts, taking time to examine your emotional state can help you ease your inner turmoil. Preoccupation is often indicative of unconscious issues gradually working their way into the conscious mind. We feel anxious or distressed without knowing where our feelings come from, or we may sense that the cause of our grief is just beyond the reach of conscious thought. The nature of your feelings can give you a clue as to what circumstance from your past or inner criticism is trying to assert itself. A thorough examination of your emotional state will help you cast off the mental fog you find yourself in today.