Hi All,
Apologies that my updates have been so sparse, I've had so much to do and keep getting knocked back exhaustion and secondary illnesses (I'm sure you all know what that's like!) that I just didn't have the will or the energy to watch the rest of the Gupta DVD, but last night I managed to watch the session on "Soften and Flow". I actually have mixed reviews about this part of the programme.
I'm a big fan of the main Gupta training method, but I'm not so sure on "Soften and Flow". This is a meditation technique, but asks you to somewhat immerse yourself in a symptom that you are currently experiencing, to look at it from the outside, to really feel it, and to then soften and flow it away. The concept is that it confuses your amygdala (part of the brain responsible for keeping the symptom cycle going) into thinking that if your conscious mind is prepared to face the symptom head on, then it doesn't need to take notice of it anymore, and therefor it should in time disappear. This does make sense, and perhaps this is just a coincidence, but for me, the symptom I used to do this with has become severely worse today when I woke up!
In my head I'm wondering if giving it so much attention has had the opposite effect and just made it worse! I could be wrong, and it might actually have nothing to do with the meditation I did last night, but it does seem strange. I also know that "Soften and Flow" has really helped a lot of people, and seems to work for the majority of sufferers so I have hope that maybe it will in time.
In the mean time I am using the main Gupta retraining method and this seems to be going well. I should probably be doing it more often that I actually am, but it can be difficult to keep thinking about it.
If anyone has any questions you are always more than welcome to contact me or comment on this blog!
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Symptoms can get "worse" because you are facing them. It's like having a wound, not wanting to look at it in fear and disgust takes a lot of energy. Looking at it might be nasty at first, but your dealing with it.. and it be fixed.
ReplyDeleteDenying/blocking the symptoms seems a solution, but it actually continues the cycle.
My visualisation technique (i dont use soft&flow) is "jumping in the cold shower" Let the symptoms be there totally.. and eventually you will get use to the cold water. (repeat repeat repeat)
I don't think this approach works for me at all. I'm not denying it's there but by thinking about it soooo much just makes me feel awful which defeats the point! I'm sure it works differently for others though.
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