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ACT · Defusion

Physicalizing an Emotion

Give it size, shape, color, weight

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Physicalizing — give the difficult emotion a shape, size, color, temperature, movement. Externalizing it reduces fusion and creates space for choice.

Emotion being physicalized
Size
Shape
Color
Temperature
Weight
Movement / stillness
What shifted after describing it
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