| If you want to discover the truth of a specific emotion | "I want you to isolate the feeling or emotion you call (insert the name of the specific feeling you want the patient to discover). Now I want you to go back in your life memory to that point just before you ever felt this feeling, and tell me what happened to you for you to want to feel this feeling." |
| If you want to revise the last found emotion so that it does not trigger the same behavior in the future. | "Now I want you to go back to the beginning where you first found (insert the name of the specific feeling you want the patient to discover), but this time, I want you to use your current age-life state of mind to evaluate the situation, and to use your imagination to change the way you dealt with the situation. Your imagination will then create everything so that the outcome is to your satisfaction. Tell me what happens this time." |
| Was the new feeling better? | "Do you like this outcome better than the original scenario?" |
| If yes, then say | "I want you to take the original memory and throw it in the garbage can. I want you to take this new memory and install it where the old memory was. In this way, for all time, you will only ever remember this outcome, and your life will change accordingly." |
| Incorporating the ability to revise memories and past events on a global scale. This will take time, perhaps an hour or two, or it can take minutes. It depends on the person. | "I now want you to go to the beginning of your life, and I want you to replay it and judge it. Look for outcomes where you believe your decision has created emotions that are hurting you, and when you find one, stop and revise the memory, just as you have done, and toss out the original memory into the garbage can. In this way, you remove the difficult problem thinking errors and replace them with ones that you currently would accept as reasonable. Tell me when you are finished." |