Re: I'd be keen » Dinah

Posted by alexandra_k on July 5, 2005, at 17:04:13

In reply to Re: I'd be keen » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on July 5, 2005, at 13:51:04

> But why? The backpeddling I mean.
Because I have to give a seminar in a couple weeks and then I have a month (well, two with the extension I haven't applied for yet) to finish my thesis. I can't committ to anything else right now. I'll tag along as best I can, though. It was also rather a long time ago... And I only did the skills once rather than twice because uni started up and I had a class on at that time.

> The main problem is figuring out what to do.
Yeah.

> I don't imagine it's the same thing as reading Ms. Lott's book and commenting on each chapter, because knowing it intellectually won't help a whole lot.
Yeah. Thats why people need to practice the exercises and then talk about problems that they had with implementing the skills.

> And along those lines, could you answer a question for me? I have used the mindfulness techniques at times. I particularly like the imagery of watching your feelings flow by like leaves on a stream without acting on them. Just observing them.
> But I find that those techniques just end up in more dissociation for me. I become so much the observer that I lose awareness of ownership of the feelings altogether. And I'm not sure that's a good thing at all.
Ok. From memory... The point of that exercise is to show you that you are not your emotions. You are more or greater than your emotions and are not to be identified with them. That way when your emotions are distressing to you it might help to be able to step back from them rather than feeling consumed by them.
You can do the same thing with your thoughts.
Your visual perceptions etc etc.
There are lots of different exercises. Some people prefer some of them and don't much like other ones. Its ok to focus on the ones that are helpful for you.
If the exercise leaves you feeling dissociated then thats probably counter-productive.

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