Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of therapy I use when the inevitable happens, when situations may not change such as with chronic pain, or for clients who are super into mindfulness.
My favorite concept of ACT are the terms “Fusion” and “Defusion”
Fusion is a process of fusing with your emotions. You become them. You are them. They consume you.
Defusion is when you step back from your feelings. You look at them as separate entities or messengers. You’re curious about what triggered your response.
FEELINGS ARE TEMPORARY. Read that again.
They come and go. You are a rock and your feelings are the river. Your feelings aren’t you and you aren’t them. You are something “behind” or “beyond” them, and from that space is where you can gain perspective about your life (triggers, patterns of behavior, relationships) and where you ultimately will make the best choices for yourself. .
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