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[[Aristotle]] says that one needs an image of ''[[kalon]]'' to have virtuous action.  
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== Key Claims ==
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Image of kalon is what [[behavioral psychology]] calls [[ideals]] ([[values]]).  
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* [[Aristotle says that one needs an image of ''kalon'' to have virtuous action.]]
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Ideals of behavioral therapy and virtues of [[positive psychology]] are the same reality, viewed from a different perspective (goal vs habit, respectively).  
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* Image of ''kalon'' is what behavioral psychology calls ideals (values).  
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Ideals show us how to best engage a [[challenge]].  
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* Ideals of behavioral therapy and virtues of positive psychology are the same reality, viewed from a different perspective (goal vs habit, respectively).  
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Ideals are the way we can [[reframing|reframe]] any challenge.  
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* Ideals show us how to best engage a challenge.  
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Acting on ideals (values) makes a given trigger progressively less triggering over time (produces habituation of triggered response).  
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* Ideals are the way we can reframe any challenge.  
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Acting on ideals produces [[virtuous cycles]].  
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* Acting on ideals (patience) makes a given trigger progressively less triggering over time (produces habituation of triggered response).  
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Meaning, mastery and pleasure are the outcomes of engaging virtuous cycles.  
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* Acting on ideals produces virtuous cycles. Patience makes this possible.
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Acting against ideals produces [[vicious cycles]].  
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* Meaning, mastery and pleasure are the outcomes of engaging virtuous cycles.  
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Negative self-concepts, [[automation]], and [[discomfort]] are the outcomes of engaging vicious cycles.  
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* Acting against ideals produces vicious cycles.  
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Virtuous cycles are reinforced by the reward of practicing ideals (“virtues are their own reward”, positive [[reinforcement]]).  
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* Negative self-concepts, automation, and discomfort are the outcomes of engaging vicious cycles.  
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Vicious cycles are reinforced by the relief of giving in (negative reinforcement).  
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* Virtuous cycles are reinforced by the reward of practicing ideals (“virtues are their own reward”, positive reinforcement).  
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[[Patience]] is the willingness to suffer discomfort as you practice your ideals. Impatience is unwillingness for same.  
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* Vicious cycles are reinforced by the relief of giving in (negative reinforcement).  
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Patience is the breaker of every vicious cycle.  
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* Patience is the willingness to suffer discomfort as you practice your ideals. Impatience is unwillingness for the same.  
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Patience paradoxically reduces suffering, which habituates as reward increases.
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* [[Patience is the breaker of every vicious cycle.]]
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* Patience paradoxically reduces suffering, which habituates as reward increases.
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* Patience allows the same triggers to be used for engaging ideals rather than avoiding emotions.
  
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An open question:
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== Q&A claims ==
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Is patience related to the concept of self-compassion?
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* Higher anxiety levels produces better results of exposure therapy.
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* You only can retrain the amygdala while the alarm is sounding.
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* Interoceptive exposure (feeling the anxiety itself) produces the most generalized benefits for exposure therapy.
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* Tiredness responds to habituation and sensitization the same as anxiety. Example is “second wind” effect in running. Tiredness may be the same thing as anxiety.
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* Aiming to get a habituation curve for anxiety to “0” is counterproductive.
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* The way to have the greatest sensitization of a trigger is a thwarted attempt to escape it.
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* Habituation cannot take place in context of thwarted escape.

Latest revision as of 14:13, 1 June 2020

Key Claims

  • Aristotle says that one needs an image of ''kalon'' to have virtuous action.
  • Image of kalon is what behavioral psychology calls ideals (values).
  • Ideals of behavioral therapy and virtues of positive psychology are the same reality, viewed from a different perspective (goal vs habit, respectively).
  • Ideals show us how to best engage a challenge.
  • Ideals are the way we can reframe any challenge.
  • Acting on ideals (patience) makes a given trigger progressively less triggering over time (produces habituation of triggered response).
  • Acting on ideals produces virtuous cycles. Patience makes this possible.
  • Meaning, mastery and pleasure are the outcomes of engaging virtuous cycles.
  • Acting against ideals produces vicious cycles.
  • Negative self-concepts, automation, and discomfort are the outcomes of engaging vicious cycles.
  • Virtuous cycles are reinforced by the reward of practicing ideals (“virtues are their own reward”, positive reinforcement).
  • Vicious cycles are reinforced by the relief of giving in (negative reinforcement).
  • Patience is the willingness to suffer discomfort as you practice your ideals. Impatience is unwillingness for the same.
  • Patience is the breaker of every vicious cycle.
  • Patience paradoxically reduces suffering, which habituates as reward increases.
  • Patience allows the same triggers to be used for engaging ideals rather than avoiding emotions.

Q&A claims

  • Higher anxiety levels produces better results of exposure therapy.
  • You only can retrain the amygdala while the alarm is sounding.
  • Interoceptive exposure (feeling the anxiety itself) produces the most generalized benefits for exposure therapy.
  • Tiredness responds to habituation and sensitization the same as anxiety. Example is “second wind” effect in running. Tiredness may be the same thing as anxiety.
  • Aiming to get a habituation curve for anxiety to “0” is counterproductive.
  • The way to have the greatest sensitization of a trigger is a thwarted attempt to escape it.
  • Habituation cannot take place in context of thwarted escape.
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