Kaj_Sotala comments on Highlights and Shadows - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 30 March 2010 08:41:18PM 0 points [-]

The simplest one is just realizing you don't need the object of the attachment in order to be happy - to realize you can still get your SASS (Status, Affiliation, Safety & Stimulation) needs met without it.

That sounds more like the outcome of a treatment than a treatment by itself.

Comment author: pjeby 30 March 2010 09:17:42PM 0 points [-]

That sounds more like the outcome of a treatment than a treatment by itself.

Well, "realizing" is usually the result of sincere questioning (e.g. asking, "Do I really need this?"), such that I tend to equate the two a bit in my mind.

If the answer to your sincere question is that you DO need it, though, then you have to untangle whatever SASS-loaded belief(s) are connected to the thing.