I get way too angry when my technology changes, and something I used to do easily no longer works. As a psychotherapist, I know that anger is a natural increase of energy that arises when something gets in the way of getting what I want. It’s energy to use to solve the problem.
Sadly, my technical skills are often lacking, and it often takes a long time before I can figure out what is wrong or get help to fix the problem. In the meantime, I stay angry and complain to anyone who will listen.
One evening when I was in the middle of trying to solve 3 different problems, I realized that on some level, I believe that being angry will fix the technology. Of course, I know it won’t, but that doesn’t change the underlying belief.
I also have an equally irrational belief that food, especially chocolate, will fix most problems. I have learned that the process I teach you in “Letting It Go” helps. I insert the phrase, “this belief that chocolate will fix being tired” (if that’s the problem,) in the 3 magic sentences. This usually frees me to solve whatever problem I am avoiding.
That night I tried using the phrase “this belief that anger will make things change,” in the sentences. I immediately felt calmer and figured out how to solve one problem.
It only takes a few minutes to use this process, and it works. Get the book and learn how now.
This post is a comment I wrote about a passage on Page 69 revised edition, Page 76 original of Letting It Go: Relieve Anxiety and Toxic Stress in Just a Few Minutes Using Only Words (Rapid Relief with Logosynthesis®). You can see the passage in the book. You can also see the excerpt here. This link will take you to Bublish.com, where I regularly publish comments on parts of this book. This is a site where authors share of their work. You can subscribe to my musings, there, as well as to the musings of many other authors. It’s a great place to learn about new books and I recommend that you visit.