You Are Not a Rock by Mark Freeman

Author:Mark Freeman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

COMPLEX CONTROLLING COMPULSIONS

On one hand, accepting that I might get killed seems intense, but it’s relatively simple—I accept that I will die and I do what I value. There are many instances where eliminating a controlling compulsion is emotionally intense but straightforward—you accept that you’ll die, be hated, cause an accident, get fired, dumped, etc., and you do what you value. In many situations, however, like at work, in relationships, in society or politics, controlling is all we’ve ever known. We still want to reach our goals at work, we still want to have relationships, so how do we do that without controlling?

The second section of the book is all about making that shift away from your control addiction and toward a life of accepting uncertainty and doing what you value. We’ll explore many exercises for achieving that. So for this exercise, you’ll practice flexing your imagination in a way that can help you open up alternatives to the catastrophizing that fuels our need to control everything.

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