self-interruption

Definitions

The act of self-interrupting.

Examples

“Self-interruption often shows in the form⟳ of various tensions through which clients attempt⟳ to limit⟳ potential felt-upset. They are literally tensing to brace themselves for the impact of the feared trigger or upsetting experience⟳. Sometimes self-interruption appears in the context of other tasks, particularly empty chair tasks, in which clients engage⟳ in a dialogue with an imagined, significant other and are unable to stay⟳ with, or express⟳, a particular experience⟳ out of the fear of the experience⟳ or the other’s imagined response.”

“What emotional self-interruptions do through affective means, manipulative self-interruptions achieve⟳ through suggesting missing logical connections whether accurate or fallacious.”

“A further interesting point⟳ was that when an individual experiences an external interruption in the preceding hours they significantly increase⟳ their chances of initiating a self-interruption in the subsequent hour.”

“When trying to do focused work⟳, studies show⟳ that self-interruptions occur⟳ at nearly the same frequency as external interruptions, except that we are less aware of them - a sign⟳ that we are acting on autopilot.”

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