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Session 3 — The Thought

4 questions from session 3, answered in your own words.

Session 3 of the series. The questions come from the session's own material — every answer below is a span of it, word for word, rather than somebody's summary.

The questions 4 questions

Answer in your own words, out loud or on paper. Nothing is scored, nothing is marked, and nothing is stored — this is for noticing what you have, not for anybody to grade.

  1. Name one of the states after an event that tells you to run the Thought Reset.

    What the material says

    Shame or self-blame is escalating after an event

    Where this comes from — Use it when

  2. Writing the thought down is not just organisation. What kind of intervention does the handout call it?

    What the material says

    Writing it down is a neurological intervention.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  3. Why does a spiral crowd out everything else you were trying to do? What is the claim about attention?

    What the material says

    Attention is finite.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  4. What are the three categories one thought gets sorted into this week?

    What the material says

    Catch one thought and sort it. Fact, fear, or guess.

    Where this comes from — This week — one thing

The material itself

The Thought — the handout

The full written session: what the tool is, why it works, when to use it, and what never to say.

Read the handout →