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I just wanted to share something I learned in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy yesterday about separating myself from my emotions.
I was told to imagine my thoughts and emotions going by on a conveyor belt (one with an end). I was to be next to the conveyor belt but not on it. I would watch each emotion/thought go by until it fell off the end of the belt. When I saw my emotions falling off the end it had a profound effect on me. It actually made me laugh because it made my emotions seem so comical (undignified).
I'm someone who takes my emotions way too seriously, I am my emotions, my emotions are like gods dicatating my every action and decision. This visualization helped me put them in perspective.
I was told to imagine my thoughts and emotions going by on a conveyor belt (one with an end). I was to be next to the conveyor belt but not on it. I would watch each emotion/thought go by until it fell off the end of the belt. When I saw my emotions falling off the end it had a profound effect on me. It actually made me laugh because it made my emotions seem so comical (undignified).
I'm someone who takes my emotions way too seriously, I am my emotions, my emotions are like gods dicatating my every action and decision. This visualization helped me put them in perspective.
deleted_user
wow. I like that thought. I agree that I feel like a puppet and my moods and emotions pull the strings. Thanks for sharing this.
cagedDreams
can't go wrong with meditation...so good to see modern psychology starting to take it seriously :)
deleted_user
Very helpful! Thank you!
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