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Fact-story separation exercise: pick one situation that

Fact-story separation exercise: pick one situation that bothered you, write two columns — column A for observable facts only, column B for the stories you constructed — then examine how much of your reaction came from column B

Why This Is a Practice

Operationalizes fact-story distinction into a structured reflection.

Source Lessons

L-0091

Distinguish fact from story

Facts are observable events — stories are the narratives you construct around them.

L-0001

Thoughts are objects, not identity

Thoughts are not you — they are objects you can craft, version, and reuse across contexts.

Connections

Specializes (3)

AxiomCognitive Defusion: Thoughts Are Objects AxiomCognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance AxiomAutomatic Pattern Perception

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