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NancyLebovitz comments on Hoping to start a discussion about overcoming insecurity - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: ILikeLogic 22 September 2013 08:53PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 September 2013 06:59:52AM 0 points [-]

That sounds like a different version of Focusing than the one I've read about-- I thought the procedure was to keep looking for words to describe the feeling until you find words that satisfy you.

I can easily believe that the looking for words approach doesn't work for everyone, and so there are alternatives.

Comment author: ILikeLogic 24 September 2013 04:19:46PM *  0 points [-]

No, that's it too. You keep looking for words to decribe it and check whether they fit. In another book you are supposed to ask the feeling (which to me is goofy) what its about and see what comes. The release of tension happens when you get the description to match the feeling.