Emotional States Management

Wasteland" or "Stop" Technique

To avoid impulsive reactions to intense emotions, the "Páramo" (or Stop) technique is used.

It consists of having a visual or mental anchor (such as a red card) that, when activated in a moment of anger or stress, orders to stop immediately.

The person should physically pause, breathe and momentarily withdraw from the situation to break the automatic reactive pattern and allow the rational brain to regain control.

Let It Drop" Visualization

This visualization technique helps to let go of persistent negative emotions. The person closes her eyes, locates the emotion in her body, briefly intensifies it to acknowledge it, and then visualizes a hole opening in the ground through which she drops, leaving the emotion floating above, separate from herself.

Alternatively, visualize pulling the emotion out and dropping it down an abyss. This trains the capacity for detachment and healthy dissociation from unwanted emotional states.

Physiology and Change of State

There is a bidirectional connection between body and emotion. It is difficult to feel depressed with an upright posture, upward gaze and deep breathing.

To change a negative emotional state, one can intervene from physiology: change the posture, move, smile (even forcibly at first) or change the breathing rhythm.

Rapid physical movement and body expansion send signals of safety and power to the brain, modifying the emotional chemistry.

Summary

The "Wasteland" or Stop technique uses a mental anchor to stop impulsive reactions. It forces a physical pause