In box 2, see if you can articulate the lie behind the thought, feeling, or sensation. If you’re feeling scared and your chest is tight, it could be a lie like I’m not safe if people criticize me. If so, what’s the attachment under the anxiety? Could it be an attachment to living a suffering-free life where all people speak well of you? Safety isn’t bad, but the need to be constantly safe can become a prison that holds us in fear and out of love.
