My students are poised to start writing. I am excited. I am nervous. Excited because they are about to bring to life the stories they have been reporting for close to two months. Nervous because faced with the prospect of writing – as opposed to filing weekly reporting memos/letters – I worry that they will panic, and fearful that they are doomed to fail, default to form.
This was great. We’re all stuck with this bloody internal naysayer! The ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Training) folk often call it the ‘I’m not good enough’ story. Just recognising and naming the story can work. But they also have a thing called ‘cognitive defusion’ that is really good. I won’t witter on about it here, because it takes a number of forms and the comment would be way too long-winded. But it bears a googling!
This was great. We’re all stuck with this bloody internal naysayer! The ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Training) folk often call it the ‘I’m not good enough’ story. Just recognising and naming the story can work. But they also have a thing called ‘cognitive defusion’ that is really good. I won’t witter on about it here, because it takes a number of forms and the comment would be way too long-winded. But it bears a googling!
Thank you yet again for this. I have found so many letters here helpful on an emotional as well as a craft level <3