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Okay this is too small to read.
The left corner of the triangle is thought/action, the top corner is memory/thoughts, the third corner is reaction to the first two. All three work together except in Dissociation.
It works like this. Every thing you think or do passes through previous memory where it dictates what sort of reaction you will get and then it goes back to memory as future reference for similar thoughts and actions but also back to the origin where it dictates the next thought or action. Lets start with something simple and silly. You wake up with a full bladder. Before you can decide what to do the thought passes through your memory where your thought memory looks at your options and decides if you can wait or if you should get up. What you decide to do goes back to memory for future reference. As in maybe you waited to long or maybe you better get up in which case it goes back to the original corner and you get up or think it and around the triangle it goes again this time your memory says you better hurry and on till that thought or action is done with. This would be considered a neutral thought and would have neither a positive or negative effect, just something that is.
Now something more complicated.
You wake up. (or any time, day or night, conscious or not) And you remember you have to do jury duty. This thought goes through your memory to dictate the reaction. If your memory is full of negative thoughts on this subject or anything at that moment it will find something negative to cause the reaction. In this case the thought, "I don't want to do this" along with a few others maybe. This thought goes back to your memory for storage and also back to the origin where it dictates your next thought in the circle which is probably going to be negative. Like getting up. As an action which goes through your memory where it picks up the most appropriate thought to control the reaction. Should you get up or not. Negative would dictate something like not till I have to. Especially if this is what you did last time. This too goes back to memory for future reference and use. If it bothers you enough it goes round and round till you either drop it, grab a pill or have a panic attack.
All this because you have mostly or only negative choices in your memory.
Now if there had of been some positive ones you would get a different reaction and a different reinforcement of your memory.
My theory is that if you start with something positive and happy then even if it is not related your memory will be set up to look for something at least neutral or more positive to form the reaction to the first place thought or action. As happened to you and me today.
And since each of these thoughts or reactions goes back to memory for future reference in similar situations next time you need a solution to a thought or action there will be a positive one available. And on and on reinforcing the positive and helping to fight the unexpected negatives that happen outside of our immediate control. I think over time a person could be conditioned to handle most negative thoughts that happen from outside influence or at least not go off the deep end into panic. Possibly even to taming anger in some situations.
Davit.
