Posted by terra miller on August 15, 2002, at 23:06:02
In reply to Thank you for posting that » terra miller, posted by judy1 on August 14, 2002, at 23:11:18
hi girls.
i think the term is called "centering." you "center down" in your mind. this is important if you dissociate, judy. and, tabitha, think of it as the place inside of you where you are pure and untouched. you can visualize it in your head as who you are when you were born, or other ways. (it's not the visualization that's important as much as knowing that there really is a place inside of you where you "are you" regardless of what anybody says about you. and i believe that you are good at that place because the original intention in your being created--this is NOT a faith discussion-- is good.)
the world gets crazy. people tell you who you are and who you should be from all directions. if you don't center down to see who YOU want you to be, then you get blown around all over the place by the whims of other people's opinions. when you center down, you know who you are and what you really want. when you center down, the opinions of other people don't matter as much. when you center down, nobody can hurt you.
judy, the co-worker example was fictitious but the priniciple is still the same even if you aren't aware. you don't have to know what is triggering you for you to center down. you can have no idea at all why you are panicking, but you can practice centering down. (also termed "grounding")
how was that explanation?
~terra
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