Interesting

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Try it and see....

 

This technique is for a specific thought that goes through your mind

and makes you feel bad. This thought might be in the form of an

image, or of a sentence.

Start by putting your right hand, palm vertical (like a karate chop)

on your right knee. (For a few left-handed people, the left side

might be better.) Take a deep breath, think the thought you want to

neutralize, and blow hard down at your knee (literally imagine your

hand is a trap door and you are blowing that thought down into the

trap). Immediately, slap your hand on you knee (``Slam the door shut

over those bad feelings''); move your eyes upward notably above eye

level, still to the right, take another deep breath; move your eyes

to the left (still above eye level); and blow out the deep breath.

The steps have to be in sequence, not simultaneous, and they have to

follow each other very very quickly, so that the mind is jerked from

one step to the next. (It's probably almost essential to have someone

else lead you through the process the first few times to force you

immediately on to the next step). Repeat the process until the

thought in question no longer triggers the usual bad feelings

 

I have a difficult time thinking about what makes me feel bad so I

haven't done this yet. Feedback would be nice.

Karen