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Jan 19Liked by Dr. Gena Gorlin

The advice is not to be irresponsible for your concerns, but to fully and gleefully embrace total responsibility for choosing *not* to occupy yourself with an emotionally tempting concern. Not for the sake of emotional relief, but for the sake of the larger/real/ultimate/chosen "concern" or value that is otherwise being infringed upon by that nagging/anxious/emotional concern.

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Apr 17, 2022Liked by Dr. Gena Gorlin

Hi Gena, thank you for sharing this technique - I have done part of it for many years and can confirm it works: writing down worrying (or even exciting) thoughts for “safe-keeping” helps a lot to focus on the task at hand.

However, how do you suggest processing all those notes afterwards in a coherent (and non-anxiety inducing) fashion? Also, isn’t it sometimes the best moment to work on sth when one is most excited/worried about it?

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