NLP Compulsion Blowout |
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The NLP Compulsion Blowout is the compulsives best friend. Whether you are a compulsive eater, smoker, or just someone who wants to control a habit, then the NLP Compulsion Blowout is the exercise for you. It is important to read the NLP Submodalities and NLP Memory Manipulation lessons before attempting this exercise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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So here goes: Imagine in your mind the thing you have the most difficulty avoiding. Be that a cigarette, cream cake, bar of chocolate or whatever? Notice where in space the image is. Is it in front of you, or to the side? How far away is it? How big is the picture? Now I want you to think of something that you are not compulsive about, and using the following grids, compare their submodalities. If you would like to print out the grids used in this exercise then refer to the Submodality Worksheet. Firstly list the visual differences:
Now the Auditory differences:
So now you should have a list of the differences between the two representations. Notice the submodalities that are different between the two, and play with the submodalities of the compulsive representation, increasing and decreasing them until you work out which submodality has the strongest effect on the compulsiveness. |
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Now in most NLP techniques you would want to lower the impact of the image. I would usually ask you to make the picture smaller, or to move it away,but the NLP compulsion blowout doesn't work that way. If you discovered that the size of the image is the compulsive element in the sense that a larger image is more compulsive, then I want you to make the image larger and larger, very quickly until the image becomes so large that the compulsion just doesn't work any more. You're aiming to make the representation completely ridiculous. Obviously if you found a different submodality made the most difference, then you must work with that one. As with most submodality shifts, repeat several times, and perform the shift as quickly as possible then test your work. The aim is to make the image so extreme that it becomes unrealistic and cannot have the same pull that it had on you before. |
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Test ItPosted May 14, 2010 at 21:36 You'll know when you've got it sorted. Just test it by thinking about the compulsion. If you still want to do it then try again. You won't make it worse and then have to live with it. eyesPosted January 23, 2011 at 15:55 do you have to close your eyes when you do this exercise? I wouldPosted January 24, 2011 at 19:13 Some people manage to perform exercises such as the NLP compulsion blowout with their eyes open. Personally, I would say its much easier to close your eyes. There are far less distractions and it will be far easier to focus on the exercise itself. Good Luck! Content and Submodality NLP LessonsPosted November 20, 2011 at 23:45 You say that it's important to read the Content and Submodality NLP Lessons before attempting this exercise, yet your link doesn't really go to such a thing. There is a link to submodality, but not to "content" lessons, whatever that means. Maybe you could make two direct links? Re: Content and Submodality NLP LessonsPosted November 21, 2011 at 19:20 Sorry Tami, my mistake. This should have refered to the submodalities and memory manipulation lessons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dangerous
Posted May 7, 2010 at 03:04
Using the NLP Compulsion blowout technique, isn't there a danger that in using the submodality that motivates me towards my compulsion, all I am going to do is make the compulsion stronger? I don't want to end up with my compulsion just getting worse