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Session 4 — The Line

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

Session 4 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. Being upset is not itself the signal that a line is being crossed. What is the signal?

    What the material says

    The signal is the mismatch

    Where this comes from — The diagnostic

  2. What does the handout say a memory is, each time it is retrieved?

    What the material says

    Memory is a reconstruction, not a recording.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  3. Deliberately comparing then and now is not a mental trick. What does the handout say naming the difference does?

    What the material says

    Naming the difference does physical work.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  4. What size of reaction tells you this is the tool to reach for?

    What the material says

    A situation is producing a reaction that feels disproportionate

    Where this comes from — Use it when

The material itself

The Line — the handout

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

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