Block a Distressing, Recurring Thought Pattern with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

A distressing and recurring pattern of thought is often difficult to block if you do not have the right strategies. However, with this simple mental conditioning technique from neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), you may be able to eliminate a distressing thought pattern permanently.

Steps

 * 1) Realize that recurring thoughts always interrupt regular thoughts, so it is important to follow this ritual several times.
 * 2)  Close your eyes and quiet your mind. Regulate your breathing and relax.
 * 3)  Ask your unconscious mind what the highest positive intention of the recurring movie is. Often, the reason why a mental movie is recurring is because there is an unspoken need. By speaking to your unconscious mind, this will discover these unspoken needs of your unconscious.
 * 4)  Picture the recurring mental movie clearly in your mind once you know the unconscious needs. The movie will run from start (X) to end (Y) and then loop back. Make sure you see it in full motion from start to finish.
 * 5)  Scramble the movie by playing the movie backwards from (Y) to (X) rapidly 10 to 20 times. Each time you play the movie, fade the movie down by one or two tones.
 * 6)  Recurring thoughts will also jump out at certain other critical points (Z) such as a phrase or a specific part in that moment. Take (Z), freeze that picture.
 * 7)  Take (Z) and send it out into the distance rapidly. Imagine it shrinking and getting further and further away in the distance.
 * 8)  [[Image:153. Reach for the Sun 8702.jpg|thumb]]From that point in the distance, in place of (Z), send in an image of a calm and tranquil place, or any other thought that you would like. Imagine yourself fully associated in and enjoying this environment.
 * 9)  Repeat steps 7 and 8 in quick succession several times.
 * 10)  Test by thinking of (Z). If you have done the previous step, it should trigger off the thought of the new, relaxing image.

Warnings

 * Conventional social science has questioned NLP for both professional credibility, as well as insufficient empirical evidence to substantiate its models and claimed effectiveness.

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