Combat NLP: techniques and models of hidden manipulations and protection against them

• The emergence of NLP
• NLP for crowd control
• Mechanisms of perception of manipulation
• Ways to avoid manipulation
• Common Programming Techniques
• Top 7 most effective manipulation techniques
• Nonverbal psychotechnics
• Verbal psychotechnicians
• Areas of application of the techniques
• 7 Tips for Newbies to NLP

Everyone has heard at least once in their life about the ability to influence consciousness through manipulation, hypnosis or charm. But few people thought about the complexity of this process. NLP (neurolinguistic programming) is a technique for manipulating people, which represents a whole complex of hypnotic control methods.

The emergence of NLP

American psychologist Richard Bandler in the late 70s. last century, in collaboration with colleagues, he created NLP - a new branch of psychological assistance. It is based on the correction of the human psyche, for the ability to control the emotional state, for acquiring skills to overcome stress and programming negative thinking into positive ones.

Initially, Bandler, being bedridden, unknowingly, was cured by hypnosis. The doctor focused not on his illness, but on the behavior of loved ones. He, noticing hidden meanings in the behavior of family or friends, wrote down these notes.

This helped him more accurately recognize the intricacies of human consciousness and escape from his own problems. Later he began to devote himself to teaching hypnosis. It’s just that contemplation behind a moving pendulum or hours of monotonous suggestions fell outside the circle of his interests. After years of careful research, the doctor was already able to put people into a trance using ordinary stories.

Acknowledgments

The book you are holding in your hands is the result of my six years of experience teaching a Neuro-Linguistic Programming course at Gaston College in Dallas, North Carolina. Undoubtedly, when an author writes a book, he uses various sources and information received from many people. I would like to give credit to everyone who contributed to this book, but I can probably name only those whose influence was particularly significant.

● My late mother, May Bodenhamer, who constantly encouraged my learning.

● My father, Glen Bodenhamer, who inspired me to work hard.

● Creators of NLP: Richard Bandler and John Grinder.

● My fellow instructors: Gene Rooney, Ted James and Wyatt Woodsmall.

● My students at Gaston College, whose influence, especially in the early years, inspired me to continue to create the comprehensive textbook on NLP that this book became.

● Dr. John Merritt, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Gaston College, for honoring me with the opportunity to teach in his department and for his continued support.

● His talented secretary, Sandy Hamilton, who works tirelessly to help everyone who teaches in the department.

● L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., for his invaluable contributions to this book and the honor of working with him on many projects.

● Peter Young, who worked tirelessly to help me improve the manuscript.

● Martin Roberts, Ph.D., and the staff at Crown House Publishing, who have contributed so much to the development of NLP by publishing the work of various authors.

● My niece, Mandy Collette, who brought life and youth into our home.

● Finally, and most importantly, I would like to thank my wife Linda, whose constant support and inspiration throughout our 34 years of marriage allowed me to pursue my dreams.

To all these and many other people I say “thank you.”

Bob G. Bodenhamer

August 1999

NLP for crowd control

Techniques for manipulating people are often used for illegal purposes. They are based on the psychotherapeutic ability to influence a person, turning him into a zombie.

This technique is very successful in the media for promoting any propaganda. Influencing the crowd is more successful and easier. The same viewing of news, advertising on TV, walking around the city looking at billboards zombifies us into a controlled choice.

To achieve such success, experts carefully compose slogans, titles, and inscriptions; select the correct oral and written language. Facial expressions and gestures play a big role, each movement purposefully affects the left or right hemispheres of the brain, repetitions are used to fix them on a subconscious level.

How to take classes

To successfully master basic NLP techniques you will need:

1. Study the theory, and not just strive to memorize the sequence of actions.
2. Train yourself by completing the course exercises.
3. Try to carefully use the learned techniques in practice.

It is the constant application of the acquired knowledge in life that will allow you to truly master neurolinguistic programming. It is also important to note that applying NLP knowledge will increase your attentiveness during communication and teach you to independently model (create) successful methods and techniques.

In addition, to study NLP, it is recommended to master several general rules, the so-called presuppositions of neurolinguistic programming.

Mechanisms of perception of manipulation

Long before the discovery of the principles of human programming, it was noted that people differ in their types of perception into conditioned categories.

1. Visuals - gain access to surrounding information mainly through visual images;
2. Auditory learners - understand the world better through sounds;
3. Kinesthetics - perceive the world through sensations and touches;
4. Digitals are people-computers for whom the most important thing is internal dialogue and thinking.

After several techniques, the manipulator will determine the type that has the highest priority for you and will adjust the techniques to pin you down.

"Tricks of Tongue"

In NLP there is a special concept for finding the right focus, which is called framing. Frame (English - frame) - the context of consideration of any thing, with the help of which you can change the shade of perception of this thing. One of the most popular areas of framing is Robert Dilts' Tricks of Language. In an attempt to consider all possible interpretations of the same phenomenon, Dilts found no less than 14 ways to change the focus of our vision:

• 1. Redefinition : replacing one of the words used in the statement of a belief with a new word with a different connotation (for example, a euphemism).
• 2. Analogy : replacing a given phrase with another similar to the given one, but the new phrase should change the meaning of the original judgment.
• 3. Intention : shifting attention to the task or intention hidden behind the belief.
• 4. Counterexample : Finding an exception to the rule behind a belief.
• 5. Model of the world : re-evaluation (or strengthening) of beliefs from the position of another model of the world.
• 6. Metaframe : assessing a belief from a frame of a continuous, person-centered context—creating a belief about a belief.
• 7. Consequences : attention is directed to the consequences of a given belief, allowing it to change or strengthen the belief.
• 8. Another result : switching to a goal different from the one stated in the belief in order to shake or strengthen the foundations of the belief.
• 9. Chunkdown : changing or strengthening a generalization defined by a belief by breaking up the elements of a belief into smaller parts.
• 10. “Generalization” (English chunkup) : generalization of part of a belief to a higher level, allowing you to change or strengthen the relationships defined by this belief.
• 11. Frame resizing : re-evaluating (or amplifying) the subtext of a belief in the context of a longer (or shorter) time frame, from the point of view of more people (or an individual), from a wider or narrower perspective.
• 12. Hierarchy of criteria : revaluation (or strengthening) of a belief according to a criterion that is superior in importance to any of those on which the belief is based.
• 13. Reality strategy : revaluation (or strengthening) of a belief based on the fact that beliefs are created through the cognitive process of perceiving the world.
• 14. Application to oneself : evaluation of the very formulation of a belief according to the relationship or criteria determined by this belief.

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Ways to avoid manipulation

Specialists in this field take advantage of a person’s temporary weaknesses (chronic fatigue, lack of attention, lack of motivation, subconscious fears, tension, neuropsychic exhaustion, complexes).

Fraudsters can easily find out information about your moral and physical condition from social networks. This is the best way to virtually study a person’s subconscious and begin to manipulate it. To protect yourself, it is not at all necessary to learn a lot of techniques and techniques.

It is enough to comprehend your inner world, strengths and weaknesses, feel your personal “I”, and only then will you program your own thoughts, set the tone for events and create a life scenario.

What it is?

NLP (Neurolinguistic programming) is a field of practical psychology that develops applied techniques that model the techniques and practices of famous psychotherapists and communication masters.

In other words, NLP studies the positive experience of specialists in the field of psychotherapy, Gestalt psychology, psychoanalysis, linguistics, hypnosis, with the goal of using this experience in the future. Essentially, NLP is about modeling the techniques of successful people in order to make these techniques available to the public.

It is worth noting that NLP is not a science, and knowledge, due to the nature of its acquisition, cannot be fully scientifically verified. Moreover, the scientific community is skeptical about this area, and it is rare to find NLP courses in universities. But it is important to understand that the creators of NLP did not have the goal of making a full-fledged scientific theory. It was important for them to find publicly available techniques, revealing the complex techniques of famous psychology practitioners.

Common Programming Techniques

Some methods and techniques can be mastered after long practice, some are used by people in everyday life. They are equivalent in effectiveness. The psyche of any individual consists of identical components, this explains the high productivity of the methods.

1. Deliberate questioning. Have you noticed the situation that sometimes the interlocutor, supposedly for better assimilation, asks again twice, initially repeating you, but then introducing a different meaning into the context? He wants to control your actions. How to avoid these troubles? Listen to what you hear. Did you notice the catch? Don't back down, even if the person moves on to another topic or is in a hurry. Ask again, don’t be afraid to clarify.
2. Topic jumping. In this situation, the manipulator tries not to dwell on what was said, but to move on to new information. What does this give? Previously voiced information immediately passes into the subconscious, because the conscious mind did not have time to analyze it. How to proceed? Imagine that you are a confused schoolboy who constantly questions the teacher in an attempt to understand him. Then you will take the lead in the conversation, disarming your interlocutor.
3. False inattention. Is your interlocutor constantly distracted and expressing some kind of indifference? You are saying more and more unnecessary things. Without noticing this, you give the manipulator a chance to find out hidden information. In this case, carefully follow what is said and do not weaken your personal volitional control.
4. An invented weakness. Have you noticed that when communicating with a defenseless person, you want to be gentle and patient, because of the feeling of pity evoked towards him? This is another trick of an insidious manipulator with an invented weakness. You need to be vigilant and try to control what is happening.
5. False love. Girls usually fall for this kind of manipulation. Having captured the heart with his attractive energy, the young man also gains control over the girl’s consciousness. Then the whole course of events depends on him. It is important to remember to have clarity of mind and common sense.
6. Uncontrollable anger. The manipulator suddenly shows some kind of unreasonable rage. Then the person at whom this furious pressure is directed is subconsciously ready to make any concessions. To avoid this, show indifference to your interlocutor or fake an angry situation.
7. An unexpected secret. The manipulator, after a short dialogue, suddenly begins to talk about a serious and frank matter. Makes it clear to the interlocutor that he trusts in order to provoke a reaction from him. This occurs as a result of a weakening of the mental barrier, a decrease in the vigilance of the object of manipulation.
8. Irony. The interlocutor is trying to “irritate you” with a mocking tone. He specifically questions the words you have said, wants to achieve a state of anger in which critical thinking decreases, a person is able to unconsciously reveal previously hidden information. A good defense would be inertia towards the manipulator. This will mislead him.
9. Sudden counterargument. The goal of the manipulator is to control and then make you feel guilty before him. He draws up a supposed logical chain of events based on your previously spoken words, but arranged to his advantage. A person puts pressure on internally weak, self-critical people, lowering the barrier of their protective psyche with words of manipulation.
10. Accusation in theory. The manipulator proves the position that your expressions are empty remarks that have no practical application. He tries to humiliate his opponent, thereby forcing him to prove the opposite. In this situation, you cannot pay attention to unmotivated words. The main thing is your faith in the power of your own mind.

Speech Strategies

Journalists were using speech strategies long before NLP emerged as a separate field. However, they are good for live communication and work in conjunction with adjustments.

Truisms

Truisms are platitudes that do not evoke the desire to argue. They migrated to NLP from philosophy, their effectiveness has not been proven. A person with critical thinking will easily challenge any truism. I'm sure you will do this with almost every statement below:

• good things cannot be cheap;
• there are things that cannot be bought;
• everyone has the right to make mistakes;
• not all yoghurts are equally healthy;
• tastes could not be discussed.

In sales, scripts for handling objections are built on truisms. To the phrase “These shoes are too expensive” you can answer “The stingy one pays twice” and sow doubt inside the client. Truisms are rarely used to identify needs in a live conversation: platitudes standardize the client in his eyes and discourage the desire to continue the conversation. But in advertising posters the truism works well: it allows a person to feel part of society and gives positive emotions. No correct experiments have been conducted on this topic, and successful experiences have local subjective successes.

At first glance there is nothing to argue with. But if you think about it: what will strength give? For whom is it priceless? Why feel it?

Chatting

The strategy includes several techniques to create smoothness and expressiveness of speech and an illusory connection between sentences. For example, the use of conjunctions “and” and “but”. Compare offers:

• Your hair is beautiful, but short.
• Your hair is nice and short.

The first sentence has a negative connotation, the second balances the statements and is positive. Substituting alliances changes the mood of the interlocutor and has a positive effect on him. Of course, there are no facts supporting this. But it actually sounds better.

The second technique is to use the conjunction “and” to connect speech. When I started learning English, I recorded myself on a voice recorder. I listened and was horrified by the pauses and the illogicality of the presentation. To refine my self-image, I used the connective and (“and”) between sentences. So a set of heterogeneous phrases turned into a monologue suitable for listening.

It's the same in Russian. Enter the conjunction “and” and the speech will sparkle with new colors: “And so beautiful is the night. And the stars are shining in the sky. And time flows endlessly."

The following technique is good for written text. Its meaning is to indicate the cause-and-effect relationship between statements:

• the less we love a woman, the more she likes us;
• the more you want to develop, the more you think about buying a new course;
• after you buy noodles, you can buy rolls at a discount;
• I won't go to Mars because I don't have that much money.

The basic rule of babbling came from Ericksonian hypnosis - talk a lot, jump from question to question, actively sprinkle speech with prepositions and conjunctions. End the speech with a request. According to NLP legend, a person simply cannot refuse you. It is difficult for me to assess the effectiveness of this method, since I always listen carefully to people and notice outright nonsense.

Sorry for the quality of the video, but it would be a shame not to share it. NLP as it is)

Presuppositions

Presuppositions are speech tricks in which the suggested fact is spoken of as a matter of course. There are many types of presuppositions, so for convenience I have provided a diagram.

All about presupposition in one diagram

Top 7 most effective manipulation techniques

1. Joining. When we notice a stranger, the brain intuitively turns on a defensive reaction. It is difficult to suggest something to such a person, so try to copy your interlocutor. Make the timbre of your voice as similar as possible, watch your gestures, gait and even breathing. This will help the person become relaxed in communicating with you.
2. Rapport - establishing trust between the communicator and the client, creating a safe space. In a state of common jokes, an unobtrusive atmosphere and pleasant chatter, the threshold of criticism towards each other decreases, and sympathy increases.
3. Rule of 3 yeses. After introducing it into the report, you can send the object of manipulation into a light trance. To do this, consistently ask questions to which he will say “yes” or express agreement. The last question is the key one; due to inertia, it is difficult to refuse.
4. Template break. This is a violation of typical actions, refined to the point of automatism, by a sharp, unexpected movement or word. Breaking the pattern is quite easy. The period of confusion lasts on average 30 seconds, but it all depends on your skill and sensitivity of the controlled one.
5. Switching attention. This technique is often used by both illusionists and scammers.
6. Maintaining. With him, it is important not to lose rapport and maintain trust in tandem.
7. Reframing. A useful technique used as a way to reassess what is happening in life.

Basics

The impact of NLP practices is based on the suggestibility of the individual. Frequent repetition of phrases takes root in a person’s consciousness, changing his worldview and behavior. The result is such manifestations as refusal of rich food, the emergence of new attachments, interests, and useful habits. Thanks to this psychological technique, people get rid of excess weight and correct their behavior.

Psychologists, by manipulating the patient’s consciousness, can force him to believe in himself, become more sociable, stop hiding his talents, and engage in self-development. These changes in behavior will help you achieve success, become self-sufficient, and unlock your potential. As a result, this will make the person richer spiritually and materially. This is what NLP techniques are used to attract money.

There are also negative sides to the direction. By influencing consciousness, the manipulator forces a person to do things that are beneficial only to him: buying an unnecessary thing, making unprofitable deals, giving his own money, etc.

Using NLP techniques with men, some girls make rich businessmen fall in love with them and deceive them out of money.

Nonverbal psychotechnics

We receive voluntary consent or a desired reaction by signs (postures, gestures, facial expressions, territorial location). Their body sends them to the subconscious, after which a reaction occurs. You need to win over your friend by taking a relaxed position at the beginning of the conversation.

Don't cross your legs or arms. Avoid stiff gestures - they can easily be perceived as an impulse of tension and insincerity. These include twisting something in your hands (pencil or notebook), averting your eyes or twitching your hair.

Change of submodalities

Submodalities are those elements that make up a holistic picture of our perception of the surrounding reality. With the help of them our attitude towards everything is encoded. The technique of changing submodalities allows us to change our attitude towards something, and we can influence not only the strength of the experiences we experience, but also transform their assessment and subsequent sensations. In addition, this technique is also suitable for changing the assessment of some situation that happened a long time ago, developing motivation, changing attitudes towards another person, etc.

As a rule, the scheme of this technique is always approximately the same: you need to take a situation (person) towards which you need to change your attitude, and a situation (person) in relation to which you experience, on the contrary, positive emotions. Then you need to find several differences between these situations (people) and their submodalities, and replace the submodalities of the first situation with the submodalities of the second. After this, a check is made: if the situation has changed in the desired direction, then the replacement was successful; if not, then you need to return to the previous step and work it out again.

You can learn more about the technique of changing submodalities here.

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Verbal psychotechnicians

This type of exercise involves the use of the voice. They are effective both in combination and individually. Replace orders, use polite requests. Instead of issuing a command (for example, “Bring me a bag”), ask the person about the possibility of doing so (“Excuse me, could you give me a bag?”).

The next option is turns: “Do you realize that your well-being is improving?”, “Do you understand that this product is the most convenient to use?”, “Do you know what is being shown in cinemas today?”, “You notice how it rises mood after taking these vitamins?

Replies of this type become traps for our brain, they are aimed at searching for sensations and impulses. As long as we focus on them, other phrases automatically enter our consciousness without criticism.

A popular speech strategy is the use of truisms - the use of banal statements, generally accepted facts with which it is impossible to disagree.

Reframing (reshaping position)

The goal of this speech strategy is to turn the situation around and force a person to look at the problem differently.

The simplest type of reframing is one-word. Suitable for refuting limiting statements, softening criticism and comments. Replace the unwanted word with a synonym with the desired emotional connotation. And now the former comrade is no longer stupid, but naive; The lady from the accounting department is not pushy, but demanding.

I have a negative attitude towards the substitution of concepts: it does not reflect the situation and does not help in resolving it. If a child deliberately howls at the entire plane, it is unlikely that the mood of passengers will improve if the mother calls him “energetic” rather than spoiled and capricious.

Another type of reframing is grouping. It is divided into “unification” and “separation”. In the first case, the problem is globalized to the level of the crowd (“I’m not the only one who got a D in math, but the whole class”), in the second, it is divided down to the particulars (“What exactly is your misfortune? Not money, a dog or a house?”).

In Lateral Shift you need to use analogies to re-evaluate a situation. Take a negative problem and find an analogy that has new or expanded implications.

The problem has been replaced by a similar one in another area. NLP practitioners believe that as soon as a person finds a solution to a similar situation, the problem will be resolved

You can read more reframing techniques in the book “NLP-2: Generation Next” by Robert Dilts and Judith Delozier.

Areas of application of the techniques

The effectiveness of this kind of psychological techniques began to be used in all kinds of branches of science. The following main areas are identified:

1. Sales. Most of them are based on similar methods (from drawing up a plan to the actual implementation).
2. Negotiation. The psychological part is an essential component of what is happening. It is important to operate with accurate and compelling information, to capture the client’s behavior in order to manipulate him.
3. Communication. Manipulation is one of the main elements in building invisible control.
4. Public speaking. Voice production, appropriate gestures, laconic phrases with a strong message, controlled ease and spontaneity are achieved by certain methods.
5. Interpersonal relationships. If you know the laws of NLP, it will be easier to understand them and find common ground.
6. Marketing. It is based on NPL.
7. Cinema. Actors often use Ericksonian hypnosis.
8. Recruitment. Using metaprogrammatic personas (basic filters for how someone is perceived) is an effective method for recruiting employees.
9. Modeling. This process underlies the manipulation technique.
10. Self-development. Targeting yourself, finding motivation to achieve heights in any area of ​​life.

Possible results of the technique

The main result of studying how NLP works will be a significant improvement in the quality of your own life. Building your thinking allows you to concentrate on useful details. By moving in a given direction, without wasting energy and time avoiding undesirable aspects, you can soon arrange your life so that everything in it brings only pleasure.

How to manipulate people - can this be learned, methods of influence

Increasing the level of personal satisfaction with life is one of the most common goals pursued by society. Learning to let reality pass through oneself in such a way that inevitable negative aspects do not become an obstacle to making one’s own plans is one of the most valuable abilities available to those who study the techniques.

Interesting. Only hypnosis can influence people like NLP, but it cannot be invisible, unlike latent manipulation.

Model of correct goal setting “SMARTEF”

A huge role in the process of achieving goals is played by the ability to correctly formulate and determine the desired result. Simply put, in order to change anything in life, you need to have a clear idea of ​​what you specifically want. It is the SMARTEF technique that helps to determine and formulate the result properly. Compliance of a goal with SMARTEF criteria greatly increases the likelihood of its implementation. The goal should be:

• Specific (you must take into account all the details);
• Measurable (you must be clearly aware of all the indicators of the moment when the goal is achieved);
• Attractive (the goal must correspond to your beliefs and values, motivate you);
• Realistic (you must know for sure that the goal is achievable and what you will need to achieve it);
• Time-bound (you must clearly set a time frame for achieving the goal);
• Environmental friendliness (you must consider your goal in global terms, and also realize the secondary benefits of achieving/not achieving it);
• Positive wording in the present tense (when setting a goal, you must take into account special wording parameters).

We have already touched on the SMARTEF technique in our lesson “Anchoring, Performance and State Management”. If you wish, you can return to it or study the method in more detail here.

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Changing your personal history

The technique of changing personal history is used, as a rule, in cases where the behavior that needs to be changed is associated with some events that took place in the past, and is based on connections between the present and the past. Its use allows you to get rid of unnecessary and limiting beliefs, stereotypes, habits, attitudes, methods of response, etc.

The essence of the method is as follows. You need to identify a problem situation or an undesirable state and set an anchor on it. The established anchor must be used to guide the person (or oneself) to the very moment when the problematic situation or experience first appeared, and whenever they are discovered, the context of what happened must be taken into account.

After several (4-5) similar situations or experiences have been found, you need to lower the anchor and return to the very first situation, determine the resources that were required to overcome it, and find the triggering factors. Next, you need to find access to the found resource and anchor it, return to the earlier situation and change its perception, using an existing resource (collapsing anchors are great for this.

After all that has been done, you need to dissociate from new experiences and evaluate the result obtained. If it does not meet the requirements, then you should return to the previous stage of identifying resources and work it out again. Then you need to consolidate the result and carry out an environmental check and synchronize with the future.

You can learn more about how all this is done here.

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"Swing"

The presented technique serves to change, within a short time, a person’s destructive type of response to something and replace it with a more constructive one. But the result of this technique is not only a change in the type of reaction, but also the establishment of a positive and productive self-image in a person. “The Swing” can be used in many areas of life, from eliminating bad habits to correcting problematic behavior.

The structure of the “Swing” technique is as follows: first, the context is determined, i.e. a situation to which one would like to change the reaction. Then you need to identify the triggering factors, i.e. those factors that cause the desire to react in a habitual way. This point is the most important, because often the person may not even be aware of it. Determination of trigger factors also occurs according to a certain method.

After this, you need to create an image of the state you want to achieve. Most often this is done using the third perceptual position. The next stage is the “swing” that needs to be performed. It means a very quick replacement of one picture with another (an unwanted image with a desirable one). After the “swing” is completed, you need to check the new state and adjust to the future.

The Swing technique requires more detailed study (this can be done here) and training.

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Quick treatment for phobias

The rapid treatment technique for phobias is used in NLP to neutralize anchors to any strong experiences, i.e. rid a person of phobias: xenophobia, agoraphobia, nyctophobia, photophobia, claustrophobia and many others. The result of successful application of this technique is the liberation of a person from fears, the release of energy and the emergence of many new opportunities.

The process of implementing the technique for quickly treating phobias consists of several steps:

• You need to gain access to a positive state and anchor it, creating a powerful resource anchor. Moreover, it is best if the anchor is kinesthetic.
• It is necessary to conduct a dissociative analysis of experiences, imagining yourself before being in a negative state (black and white picture) and after being in it (color picture).
• You need to look at yourself from the outside, as if sitting behind yourself in a movie theater.
• You need to quickly watch a black and white film, consisting of the first picture, the event itself and ending with a color picture.
• Then you need to watch the entire black and white film, but starting from the second color picture and ending with the first, and during the transition to the first picture you need to move to the second degree of dissociation (look at yourself watching the film). After moving to the first picture, the film should end immediately.
• You need to think about what was the source of the phobia and note changes in your physical condition.
• You need to project the negative situation into the future by imagining interaction with the source of the phobia and thinking about new response options. It is important to clearly define indicators of a feeling of safety or pointers to careful behavior.

You can learn more about the technique for quickly treating phobias on this page.

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Reassessment of the past

The technique of re-evaluating the past helps to change the assessment of any event that took place in a person’s past. It is very effective because... with its help you can influence the assessment of the troubles that have occurred and the beliefs associated with them, change relationships with specific people, and even transform aspects of the perception of childhood. A brief algorithm of necessary actions includes the following:

• It is necessary to determine the period of time that requires change and elaboration. It can be associated with a person, place, time, etc. conditions.
• We need to create a powerful resource anchor. It is best if it is kinesthetic.
• It is necessary to imagine the time period in question in the form of a straight line located on the floor, determine the most significant moments of this period, name them and mark them on the line, observing the real sequence.
• It is necessary to divide all noted situations into positive and negative. Then, walking along the line, you should re-experience positive situations anew, and imagine negative ones dissociated, i.e. watching yourself from the outside.
• When considering negative situations in a dissociated way, you can use the resource anchor created at the beginning. Sometimes this allows you to look even at negative events from a different angle and see the positive aspects in them.
• It is necessary to conduct an ecological check of the new perception of past events and, if the result does not satisfy all the requirements, go back and work through the previous points again.
• It is necessary to synchronize with the future, projecting the achieved result onto situations that may occur.

The technique of revaluing the past is discussed in more detail here.

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Timeline selection

The presented technique has proven itself to be a reliable tool for resolving those situations when there is a choice of something, but a person does not know what is the best thing to do. In addition, the timeline choice technique can be used to predict the long-term consequences of each of the possible options.

The first thing you need to do to successfully use this technique is to realize that you have a choice: you need to clearly define for yourself what options exist. Next, you need to speculate on how long the choice you make can have an impact on, and mentally draw a line on the floor reflecting this period.

Then you need to set a deadline for yourself by which you need to make a choice; Between this date and the present day, you need to determine the most optimal time for selection. Then you should mentally move into the future and try to note the events that your choice may cause; Give these events an assessment by looking at them from the outside. You can also resort to integration to walk the intended route, as if observing from the outside at the people who have already passed it.

At the end of all this, you need to return to the starting point and think about whether there is an opportunity to somehow improve the route or create a new, more efficient one. Evaluate your choices: What did you learn from traveling along the timeline? The number of positive aspects will indicate to you the right choice.

The time line selection technique is discussed in detail here.

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Hero or rebel?

It is not interesting to retell the dry biography of Richard Bandler. Much more interesting is the fact that one of the creators of NLP was a “tear it off and throw it away” person: at the age of 10, he made his first attempt to kill his stepfather by connecting an electric wire to a wet rug; As a youth, he was a rebel, starting his “career” with the hippie protest movement. He always had his own opinion on everything and fiercely defended it, even if it was about the smallest details, which drove the teachers to despair. If it was possible to break the rules, he definitely took this opportunity.

Richard generally liked to use various antisocial opportunities: alcohol, cocaine, physical violence against his wife, ridiculous threats against his NLP colleagues (he promised to hire the mafia, eccentric :)). Just look at the trials associated with the murder of a prostitute (see sidebar “The Case of Corina Kristen”) and winning the right to be called the intellectual owner of NLP... Studying the biography of this brilliant and terribly unconventional person, you come to the conclusion that the motivation for the discovery of something then there may be not only interest in what is new, but also a wild desire to resist accepted social norms.

Reimprinting

The name of this technique comes from the word “imprint”, meaning “imprinting”, i.e. any experience or set of experiences as a result of which a person developed certain beliefs. Often imprint situations are dead ends and cause a person to feel meaningless, hopeless, hopeless, etc. The point of imprinting is to find the resources necessary to change ingrained beliefs and update established behavioral patterns.

The use of the reimprinting technique is based, first of all, on identifying the symptoms of the imprint, which involves focusing on the very first appearance of any experiences associated with it and the beliefs that have arisen. After this, you need to mentally transport yourself to the moment that preceded the emergence of the imprint, return to the present state and look at the imprint from the position that preceded it.

The next stage is the search for positive intentions or secondary benefits that are hidden behind the established reactions and symptoms of the imprint and some other equally important components that require more detailed and scrupulous study.

The features of reimprinting and the procedure for its implementation can be found here.

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