Principlev1

When emotional layers compound, address the deepest layer

When emotional layers compound, address the deepest layer first rather than managing the surface symptoms — secondary emotions dissolve when their fuel (judgment of primary emotions) is removed.

Why This Is a Principle

This is a principle derived from The brain constructs emotions by predicting what bodily (emotions are constructed predictions in context), Experiential avoidance (attempting to alter the form, (experiential avoidance as transdiagnostic risk), and Between every event and every emotional response is a (appraisal determines emotional response). It prescribes a specific intervention strategy: work on the root judgment generating secondary emotions rather than the symptoms. It's actionable, general, and derived rather than foundational.

Source Lessons

L-1216

Secondary emotions about primary emotions

Feeling ashamed of feeling angry or anxious about feeling sad — these secondary emotions compound.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomBetween every event and every emotional response is a AxiomThe brain constructs emotions by predicting what bodily AxiomExperiential avoidance (attempting to alter the form,

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