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Denying Trauma

Alderian psychology believes the past doesn’t matter, and by dwelling on the past, we succumb to determinism.

• The only thing that continues to exist are our perceptions of negative events
  • When we have an action/behavior in mind, we tend to shift our emotion to achieve that action, which helps us achieve an underlying goal
    • ex) After someone spills coffee on us, we deliberately choose to be angry to get a sense of revenge
    • ex) We create reasons to dislike others (thought) to avoid creating interpersonal relationships with them (goal)
    • To unearth such goals, dialogue is important

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