Unlearning.

Got to unlearn that because I see a walking stick and recognise the "Leg" part of it, that doesn't make it a chair, and each time I try to sit on the walking stick, I fall off because my brain is telling me its a chair, and when I see a chair and sit on it and feel comfortable, I imediately sling the chair to oneside because my memory is remembering the experience of falling of the other "chair"..got to learn to recognise the difference between a walking stick and a real chair...get it?

Are you saying you have made some association that need to be unassociated?

Learning when to generalize and when to look at things separately is challenging. Changing our reactions to preconceptions is even more challenging. I think recognizing that you need to do this is a big step in the right direction.

I hope I 'got it'.

Yes to you both....T was trying to explain to me something...my head started going up my arse with the walking stick and chair theory but she then had me turn around and look at the 2 b/w pics she has on her wall of sculptures..both abstract of "mother and child"...one is all smooth edges and the other is all jaggered and sharpe and she says when I see the smooth one I immediately think its going to be the sharp one because I had to much of that growing up and I Need to learn to tell when smooth is just that and not keep rejecting it from fear...but the best part was when my time is up in session, I jump to attention ready to leave, careful not to take 1 minute more than what I feel is my entitlement because growing up wanting more then what you were getting was called begging and begging wasn't allowed and yesterday as I Jumped up, T remiained sitting and motioned to me to sit down again...I keep remembering that and feel warmed by it..I do, I do, I do!!!

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