The "easiest" way to change

Day: 30 December 2017

The Seeing Sequence, what it is and isn’t

Is:

  • Is a sequence of statements I learn and repeat to myself whenever I’m anxious (anxiety is: more fear than I should feel for this situation, or fear that continues when the event that triggered the fear has passed).
  • Is a way to turn my anxiety off in any moment, so I can be my true self in that moment.
  • Is a way to change. If I do it a lot, I will stop doing a lot of the stuff I want to stop, and discover new stuff I should stop.

Isn’t:

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Why do the Seeing Sequence?

Updated November 5, 2025

I have a negative feeling. My response: I fight it. I oppose it. I treat it as a problem, which triggers my brain to solve it. Fighting is a type of solving. Opposing is a type of solving. Solving is a type to opposing. I can call my response whatever I want. But if the response is anything other than observing it, I’m solving it, usually by fighting it.

If I fight a negative feeling, that is, if I have a problem-solving response (psr) to it, the negative feeling comes back.  For example, if I try not to be angry, I get more angry. If I try not to feel the pain of failure, I feel it more.  Why? Why can’t I control my feelings?

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Why the Seeing Sequence works

Why the Seeing Sequence works to turn off anxiety.

Updated May 9/2024, March 6/2025, May 9/2025, Aug 20/2025

I don’t need to know why the Seeing Sequence works in order to do it. While I may want to know why, understanding will not, at all, help me change, or make me work at change.

See Summary below for the short version of this post.

The main “why” thing to know is this: Ignoring is the pivotal event in my life.

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