They did whatever they could to take their mind off the marshmallow and didn't rely so much on brute willpower.

总之，他们使用了一切办法把自己的注意力从棉花糖上移开，而不是依赖那种对自己十分残酷的意志力。

'We go on with it notwithstanding the epidemic because it takes their minds off the danger'.

“尽管发生了流行病，我们还是继续这样做，因为这让他们忘记了危险”。

Step 5 Keep your friend busy. Take them to the movies, go shopping, or go out to dinner. Do all the fun activities you normally would in order to take their mind off of the breakup.

要让朋友忙起来。带他们去看电影，购物或出去吃饭。做那些你们平日做的有意思的事，使他们不去想分手的事。

Sometimes, I read novels for " escapism" (escapism) which is when people do something to take their minds off of unpleasant or painful things, to not think about certain things, usually things going on in their own 5 lives.

有时，我读小说是为了“逃避现实”（escapism）， 也就是当人们做一些事情来摆脱不愉快或痛苦的事情时， 不要去想某些事情， 通常是他们自己 5 生活中发生的事情。