2.3b — Thought Defusion Practice

Use it when When a thought keeps coming back and arguing with it has not worked.

It is done when You have written the thought at a distance and named one thing you will do anyway.

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The same teaching, narrated — what the tool is, why it works, how to run it, and what usually goes wrong.

The page

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• The thought, exactly as it turned up
• Now write it as “I am having the thought that…”
• How long has it been running, and when does it show up?
• One thing you will do anyway, thought or no thought
• Did the relationship with the thought shift?

Check what stayed 2 questions

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1. WB 2.3b — Thought Defusion Practice. When do you build this page, and when do you use it?

   What the material says

   Use when a thought keeps returning despite the Thought Reset. Say the steps slowly, out loud or on paper.

   Where this comes from — Use it when

2. WB 2.3b — Thought Defusion Practice. What does finished look like on this page?

   What the material says

   You have named a thought at a distance and taken one values-aligned action regardless of it.

   Where this comes from — It is done when

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