Forget the logic puzzle books. "That way madness lies." Half the time they leave out something you need to know or they've made assumptions without telling you they made them.

Or they simply may be the wrong kind of puzzle for you. At my house, the newspaper has several kinds of puzzle. My husband can unscramble words with mixed-up letters easily, but I can't. But I can come up with the rhyming pairs (such as 'thimble symbol') and he can't.

All the emotions you have over your problems - worry, shame, frustration, feeling bloody awful - make your problems worse. Tell the part of your brain that produces them, "Shut up. You're not helping."