Since the emotions are not stored in a memory, they are merely referenced; so it must be possible to
edit the emotions associated with a memory!
Framing! The NLP Technique That Edits Your Emotional Response To a Memory
This example is for “negative framing” - which is usually applied to negative memories. It is called
negative framing because it works to reduce (negate) the emotions associated with a memory.
The example will use a memory of a bad interview. You know, that interviews that you tried really hard
for, but you get stuck in traffic, you arrived 10 minutes late, and the interviewer seemed to think you’d
been intimate with his mother. If you haven’t had a bad interview before, you can pick another memo-
ry with negative emotions attached.
Step one: Take the memory and reduce the highlight reel to a single snapshot that represents that
memory. This strange-looking character will represent my negative interview memory:
Now go ahead and step back from the memory of your bad interview. So if you are looking at the
memory through your own eyes, step back so you can see yourself, in the situation. If you already used
a third person perspective, take a further step back so you are slightly further away than before: