#22 Kirk Strosahl
ACT:Root to Fruit
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The Importance of Emotional Avoidance
When we do research, it doesn't appear that the research justifies the theoretical explanation. So for example, now when I think about a borderline, I don't even use that term. This is an emotional avoidance engine. Right? Their entire behavioral repertoire has sort of become hijacked by the need to emotionally regulate. Yeah. It's easy to see why people developed him 20, 30 year histories of suicide attempting. You're like a dog is chasing its tail. And you're never going to get out from under that unless. You learn how to stand in the presence of those kinds of experiences and not do anything. Okay. Well, and you know what that makes me think about is, is
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