Posted by cricket on December 7, 2005, at 12:14:52
In reply to Re: » alexandra_k, posted by Damos on December 6, 2005, at 16:02:18
d I think the self awareness is the bit that really makes the difference in extreme emotional responses. The awareness that I am not my emotions or my thoughts and that I can choose to 'observe' them and respond in a 'conscious' way. Inserting the pause between the stimulus and the response is really hard at first but does get easier.
>That is one of the main goals in many types of meditation, I think. Being able to observe both the thoughts and emotions ebb and flow and not identify with them so much. Have you done much meditation?
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