Question on Chapter 5 in GOOMYL

June 17, 2009

I know that a lot of ACT is experiential work, but I think part of that is

understanding the philosophy behind it. Of course there are times where you

should move past places where you are getting hung up or don't fully understand

a concept - but I also think that discussion could help out as well.

My question is in the section under " Why thinking has such an impact " .

The first question is in the third paragraph. " Cognitive fusion refers to the

tendency to allow thought to dominate other sources of behavioral regulation

because of the failure to pay attention to the process of relating over and

above the products of relating " . So what would some examples be of other

sources of behavioral regulation. And the earlier part of chapter two with all

of the relations confused me a bit and I think that is what is coming into play

when talking about the " process of relating " . If we could talk a little bit

about the process of relating more in depth then just the relational terms. Or

maybe it is similar to just watching your mind but I think there is something

more at work here - that would open another door for me.

The second question comes at the bottom of that same page " cognitive

fusion also mean that evaluations can become attached to events as if they were

in the event, not just in our thoughts about the event. This transforms not

only the thought but also the functions of the actual event " (57). So maybe if

we could elaborate on the idea of how saliva becomes disgusting but maybe if

some real life examples could be used as well. What, specifically, does it mean

to say " functions of the actual event? Its alright to go in depth and hit the

nitty gritty.

Thanks,

Jimmy

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