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Cognitive vs. Emotional Strategies
- Analysis paralysis often stems from over-reliance on cognitive strategies, like analyzing emotions instead of feeling them.
- True emotional work involves embracing and accepting emotions, not just finding logical solutions.
The Child and the Dark
- A child afraid of the dark might list various reasons, like monsters or nightmares, to avoid it.
- These reasons are manifestations of a core emotion, fear, and addressing each individually won't solve the problem.
Whack-A-Mole Emotions
- Playing 'whack-a-mole' with surface emotions (anxiety, fear, despair) indicates a deeper, unaddressed emotion.
- Focus on reducing the core emotion's energy to alleviate its various manifestations.