Mental Health: Managing Mental Chatter
A Slight Change of Plans
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The Universal You: A Tool for Making Meaning Out of Negative Experiences
LZ: I love this concept of what you call the universal you. What we noticed is that sometimes when people are trying to make sense of really difficult situations in their life, they do something that is very odd linguistically. LZ: They talk about their own experiences using the word you, but not to refer to another person, but to refer to the world in general. This can be an effective tool for helping people make meaning out of negative experiences. It helps them normalize what they're going through, get some space from their experience and it also draws other people into our world.
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