Assosierte og dissosierte følelser

[Emancipate]

Denne linken drøfter forskjellen på å oppleve følelser assosiativt og dissosiativt.

 

Love, Happiness, International Affairs and

Associated and Disassociated Feelings

http://www.wright.edu/~suresh.chandra/love_assoc.htm

 

It is difficult to understand these associated and disassociated feelings just from words. The feelings are best understood by actually experiencing them. Let us do a mental exercise that Robbins conducted.

 

Sit back and relax. [better to also close your eyes for the exercise, if someone can lead you through this and next paragraph.] Take a deep breath and relax even more. Now, vividly imagine yourself in an amusement park that has the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster. See the roller coaster in your mind's eye. But, don't get excited. You are not going to go on it. There is a bench in front of the roller coaster. Sit down on the bench, relax and, lazily, watch others taking the roller-coaster ride, yelling and screaming. What you just experienced is a roller coaster ride with disassociated feelings. [Open your eyes.]

 

Next, associated feeling! [Close your eyes, again.] See yourself in the amusement park again. See the worlds tallest and steepest roller coaster again. This time you get on it. Feel the handlebar. Smell the steel. See others around you all excited. The roller coaster starts its slow but sharp climb up, and pulls up to the top gradually. As the roller coaster begins the steep roll down, feel the excitement and the wind in your face. Hear all the people yelling and screaming. The feelings you experienced in your gut are associated feelings. [Open your eyes.]