Language behavior is really, really interesting. To me, RFT made me see so clearly how we can actually travel in time with the help of language, how that made humans a superior race, but is also in a way a curse.
With the help of language, we could draw the conclusion "I have a fireplace in my cave, and prey on the other side of the forest where it's too cold to stay longer stretches of time... If I can carry fire with me to the part of the forest where the prey roams, then I can stay there longer and catch more prey = get more food." Flip!
But it's also possible to use this mechanism and become fearful or depressed since language can create scenarios that haven't yet happened, and perhaps aren't even likely to happen; "Each time I try to make new friends they let me down..." (travel back in time to get information, often distorted) "...thus, it's no use ever trying to make new friends, they too will let me down." (travel to the future and apply old, perhaps distorted information on events that haven't even happened, resulting in reclusiveness and sadness). Flop!
That's really some basics of RFT but I love it, it's so powerful.
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With the help of language, we could draw the conclusion "I have a fireplace in my cave, and prey on the other side of the forest where it's too cold to stay longer stretches of time... If I can carry fire with me to the part of the forest where the prey roams, then I can stay there longer and catch more prey = get more food." Flip!
But it's also possible to use this mechanism and become fearful or depressed since language can create scenarios that haven't yet happened, and perhaps aren't even likely to happen; "Each time I try to make new friends they let me down..." (travel back in time to get information, often distorted) "...thus, it's no use ever trying to make new friends, they too will let me down." (travel to the future and apply old, perhaps distorted information on events that haven't even happened, resulting in reclusiveness and sadness). Flop!
That's really some basics of RFT but I love it, it's so powerful.