Toilet Therapy: Anger Healing seeks to teach you how to recognize, understand, and then change the belief structures that help you make sense of your world. When crap happens, you cannot help but start thinking about and interpreting what has just happened. Humans love it.
That is why there is ALWAYS a “color commentator’ as part of any sports broadcast. Why pundits are guests on news and talk shows. Why we discuss the dress a person is wearing on the red carpet. People love to analyze the world and people in that world.
Adam and Eve ushered in the wonders of sin by eating from the Tree of Good and Evil so that they could be all knowing.
We place a very high value on being an “expert” or “know-it-all.” Understanding how the world works is a critical component in the human experience. It separates you from your dog. Your dog licks his own ass-hole. Ah, the value of knowledge. Yet, you pick up your dog’s crap, carry it with YOU, then dispose of it. Ah, knowledge; The Power of “The Dog”! Who’s the smarter, healthier being?
There are many constructs centered on how we make sense of the world. In some cases, people speak of a “world-view” which is the lens though which you filter every bit and piece of information you consume on a daily basis. Your take on abortion, homosexuality, cheating on your taxes or your spouse or both, at the same time at Starbucks with a hot and sexy would-be CPA, patriotism and other concepts are formulated by filtering the information through your world-view. Your world-view is the master library of your opinions, values, and moral guidelines. The library is constructed with each experience you have endured throughout the course of your life. The library remains the same unless a new experience alters and obsoletes a piece of information. And that library is expanding right at this moment as you interact with this book.
Some refer to the library as a belief structure. Much like the internal support structure or framing of a building we hang our understanding of life on a belief structure. The belief structure is created as a result of our life’s experiences. From touching a hot stove, to the fact that girls can dump our sorry ass if we cheat on them with a hot, sexy CPA while discussing tax evasion at a Starbucks! The belief structure is carefully and pain stakingly constructed to help us understand the world around us. Our belief structure supports our thoughts and behaviors. If a thought is apart of the structure then the corresponding behavior will follow accordingly; until of course the belief structure is altered and modified.
Your “World-View” or “Belief Structure” (take your pick, either is fine for Toilet Therapy: Anger Healing) is THE filter you use to help you make sense of your world and keep you safe in and from the world. The more you understand the world, the safer it is for you to be in the world. The less we make sense of the world the higher the danger and anxiety.
Your “World-View” or “Belief Structure” contain dysfunctional components. Even though the component, by itself can be malfunctioning, that does not mean that the entire structure needs to be replaced. To the contrary, the component itself needs to be examined and understood completely before any further action can take place. Once the component and its functionality is understood, you can decided if replacing the component is required. Only YOU can decide if the component needs to be replaced. Such power. Use it!
A faulty component of a “World-View” or “Belief Structure” is the “on” switch for anger behaviors such as yelling, fighting, hitting, drinking, drugging, isolating, cheating, and so on. Your mind, when needing to interpret a situation, instigates a “data call” to the brain asking for all of the previous experiences and learned knowledge you gained through living your life. The “data call” may return information that the mind manufactures into an irrational belief (faulty component) created as a result of you simply living your life. The irrational belief, if used by the mind, can trigger a flood of toxic emotions and unpleasant physical sensations. Not liking or enjoying the toxic emotions and unpleasant physical sensation, you act out. You emotionally vomit unwanted toxins and expel unpleasant physical sensations through counterproductive behaviors often called “anger.”
Changing faulty component of your “World-View” or “Belief Structure” (irrational beliefs) lead to a denial of toxic emotions and unpleasant physical sensations.
The real work is changing those irrational beliefs and faulty components. Ready to get to work?
That is why there is ALWAYS a “color commentator’ as part of any sports broadcast. Why pundits are guests on news and talk shows. Why we discuss the dress a person is wearing on the red carpet. People love to analyze the world and people in that world.
Adam and Eve ushered in the wonders of sin by eating from the Tree of Good and Evil so that they could be all knowing.
We place a very high value on being an “expert” or “know-it-all.” Understanding how the world works is a critical component in the human experience. It separates you from your dog. Your dog licks his own ass-hole. Ah, the value of knowledge. Yet, you pick up your dog’s crap, carry it with YOU, then dispose of it. Ah, knowledge; The Power of “The Dog”! Who’s the smarter, healthier being?
There are many constructs centered on how we make sense of the world. In some cases, people speak of a “world-view” which is the lens though which you filter every bit and piece of information you consume on a daily basis. Your take on abortion, homosexuality, cheating on your taxes or your spouse or both, at the same time at Starbucks with a hot and sexy would-be CPA, patriotism and other concepts are formulated by filtering the information through your world-view. Your world-view is the master library of your opinions, values, and moral guidelines. The library is constructed with each experience you have endured throughout the course of your life. The library remains the same unless a new experience alters and obsoletes a piece of information. And that library is expanding right at this moment as you interact with this book.
Some refer to the library as a belief structure. Much like the internal support structure or framing of a building we hang our understanding of life on a belief structure. The belief structure is created as a result of our life’s experiences. From touching a hot stove, to the fact that girls can dump our sorry ass if we cheat on them with a hot, sexy CPA while discussing tax evasion at a Starbucks! The belief structure is carefully and pain stakingly constructed to help us understand the world around us. Our belief structure supports our thoughts and behaviors. If a thought is apart of the structure then the corresponding behavior will follow accordingly; until of course the belief structure is altered and modified.
Your “World-View” or “Belief Structure” (take your pick, either is fine for Toilet Therapy: Anger Healing) is THE filter you use to help you make sense of your world and keep you safe in and from the world. The more you understand the world, the safer it is for you to be in the world. The less we make sense of the world the higher the danger and anxiety.
Your “World-View” or “Belief Structure” contain dysfunctional components. Even though the component, by itself can be malfunctioning, that does not mean that the entire structure needs to be replaced. To the contrary, the component itself needs to be examined and understood completely before any further action can take place. Once the component and its functionality is understood, you can decided if replacing the component is required. Only YOU can decide if the component needs to be replaced. Such power. Use it!
A faulty component of a “World-View” or “Belief Structure” is the “on” switch for anger behaviors such as yelling, fighting, hitting, drinking, drugging, isolating, cheating, and so on. Your mind, when needing to interpret a situation, instigates a “data call” to the brain asking for all of the previous experiences and learned knowledge you gained through living your life. The “data call” may return information that the mind manufactures into an irrational belief (faulty component) created as a result of you simply living your life. The irrational belief, if used by the mind, can trigger a flood of toxic emotions and unpleasant physical sensations. Not liking or enjoying the toxic emotions and unpleasant physical sensation, you act out. You emotionally vomit unwanted toxins and expel unpleasant physical sensations through counterproductive behaviors often called “anger.”
Changing faulty component of your “World-View” or “Belief Structure” (irrational beliefs) lead to a denial of toxic emotions and unpleasant physical sensations.
The real work is changing those irrational beliefs and faulty components. Ready to get to work?
