Re: ANchors are harmful!!
- Subject: Re: ANchors are harmful!!
- From: Barry Moore <bmoore@io.org>
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 13:20:10 -0500 (EST)
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>Near the end of the seminar she gave a demonstration of "Anchoring" that I
>thought was reeeeeaaally interesting.
>She mentioned NLP, to the group and said that I would know what she was
>talking about but the rest of the group wouldn't. Funerals we were informed,
>are great places to get "anchored". People walk up to you and grab your arm
>while looking at you in a very sad way. This causes all the bad memories of
>that day
>to stay stuck in your arm. Then the next time someone comes and touches
>your arm in that way you will feel like someone has just died.
>She gave the impression that it was the way you looked that made the anchor
>work.
I would be interested in the comments of the others on the list, but it
seems to me that if the mourner was in a real intense negative state (quite
likely), and then gets hugged or touched repeatedly during the funeral that
it would indeed anchor. Over time, the anchor would also fade, but in the
short term could result in (a hug for example) the negative feelings of the
day being brought back. The
>The main thing I learnt though was why NLP gets some bad press.
>A little knowledge really can be a dangerous thing.
Based on your comment, I would avoid this "trainer" like the plague!
Regards.. BM