Keep a sharp eye
Everyone has his ways of coping with something, whether it may be eating, reading, writing, or any other passion or hobby. It might seem strange to put all these miscellaneous things in the same bag but it actually isn't because, if we give some thought to it, they have one thing in common which is helping us to lull the suffering by means of pleasure and excitement.
That's how human nature is, we are all guilty of avoiding the pain to some extent, but there is a point when either our body or our brain has enough, and therefore we have to face the pain of the emptiness within ourselves which is excruciating, and we cannot escape reality anymore. What to do? Nothing except lingering in that state of pain and for a while, alternatively, giving our attention to the small, habitual things, which are not spectacular and so require a constant, patient, unwavering concentration, a skill which is never learned once and for all.