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.