Hi all,
I wanted to ask about something I've been experiencing while learning some of the skills. A lot of it might just be distorted expectations.
I am having a great deal of difficulty, as of yet, applying some of the tools that generate strong positive feelings and emotions. For example, self-anchoring. The steps are fairly simple: Pick a resource state, elicit it, anchor it, and test. I think it's in the elicitation part that I have a lot of trouble. Let's say I pick motivation. I then think of a time when I felt motivated... and then make the images bigger and more vivid, etc. But as I do that, I never feel like I've increased the feeling of motivation to the point where it's strong enough to anchor. In fact, it barely changes.
The same thing goes for the whole "spin your feeling" thing. I don't think I've ever noticed my feelings having a "spin" to them that I could speed up to really increase them.
I can think of tons of exercises like those that I've tried a few times, with pretty much no results. Like I said, it might just be slightly distorted expectations, but in a way, I feel like I'm a bit numb to these things. Maybe I just need better inner awareness.
I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's had these sorts of difficulties when starting out. What are some tips for how I can get past this hurdle and really experience these things fully?
cheers
[Read more...]I wanted to ask about something I've been experiencing while learning some of the skills. A lot of it might just be distorted expectations.
I am having a great deal of difficulty, as of yet, applying some of the tools that generate strong positive feelings and emotions. For example, self-anchoring. The steps are fairly simple: Pick a resource state, elicit it, anchor it, and test. I think it's in the elicitation part that I have a lot of trouble. Let's say I pick motivation. I then think of a time when I felt motivated... and then make the images bigger and more vivid, etc. But as I do that, I never feel like I've increased the feeling of motivation to the point where it's strong enough to anchor. In fact, it barely changes.
The same thing goes for the whole "spin your feeling" thing. I don't think I've ever noticed my feelings having a "spin" to them that I could speed up to really increase them.
I can think of tons of exercises like those that I've tried a few times, with pretty much no results. Like I said, it might just be slightly distorted expectations, but in a way, I feel like I'm a bit numb to these things. Maybe I just need better inner awareness.
I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's had these sorts of difficulties when starting out. What are some tips for how I can get past this hurdle and really experience these things fully?
cheers
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