Actions

Distraction: Difference between revisions

An Avatar.Global Resource

Text replacement - "==Related Terms== '''Endogenous to the LP'''" to "==Related LP Terms=="
No edit summary
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


==Other Awareness Reduction Mechanisms==
==Concept Map==


[[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]] > {{#ask:[[Is an::Awareness Reduction Mechanism]]}}
===Key Terms===


==Related LP Terms==  
[[Lightning Path Human Development Framework]] > {{#ask:[[Is an::LP Framework]]|format=ul|sort=has sort}}


[[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]] > {{#ask:[[Is a _related_ LP term::Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]]}}
[[LP Psychological Framework]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::LP Psychological Framework]]|format=ul|sort=Has sort order psy-frame}}


'''Exogenous to the LP'''
[[Human Psyche]] > {{#ask:[[Is an element of::Human Psyche]]}}


[[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]]}}
===List of ARMs===
 
[[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]] > {{#ask:[[Is an::Awareness Reduction Mechanism]]|format=ul}}
 
===Related LP Terms===
 
[[Distraction]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Distraction]]}}
 
===Non-LP Related Terms===
 
[[Distraction]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Distraction]]}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
Line 28: Line 38:
{{endstuff}}
{{endstuff}}


[[category:terms]][[category:lightningpath]][[Is an::Awareness Reduction Mechanism| ]]
[[category:terms]]
[[category:lightningpath]]
[[Is an::Awareness Reduction Mechanism| ]]

Latest revision as of 12:33, 26 June 2025

Distraction

Distraction is an Awareness Reduction Mechanisms] that the Bodily Ego uses to avoid uncomfortable confrontations with reality. Distraction involves distracting one's awareness by engaging in distracting activities.

Concept Map

Notes

For example, getting into a running club and spending all your time away from family in order to avoid the divert and distract from the toxicities/issues at home.

Distraction is a form of Isolation or, as we say on the LP, Informational Positioning. Isolation or informational positioning is a cognitive process involving the creation of a gap between an unpleasant or threatening cognition or memory, and other thoughts, feelings, and anything that can trigger a memory. Isolation works with the associative pathways of memory. We remember “less often” by minimizing associative connections.

Isolation is in operation when a person who begins a train of thought suddenly switches gears because the thoughts are getting to “close” and potentially triggering memories of, for example, sexual assault. For example, an individual may start off thinking about a childhood trip, but suddenly change the subject when the recall of that trip gets too close to a painful memory. An individual may also avoid thinking about certain topics, and avoid certain situations or people in their life, as way to avoid associations that might trigger painful trauma or disjuncture.

Citation and Legal

Treat the SpiritWiki as an open-access online monograph or structured textbook. You may freely use information in the SpiritWiki; however, attribution, citation, and/or direct linking are ethically required.

Footnotes