Birgit Wolz - E-Motion Picture Magic-A Movie Lover\'s Guide to Healing and Transformation

“something wrong with me?” Perhaps it seems so

real that, if someone else were watching, they too

would agree that there’s “something wrong with you.”

Apply this example to your own negative belief.

Exercise 2: Examining Your Old Home Movie

Now imagine that you take your remote control

and rewind your old home movie and play it again.

This time, look specifically at the events that led to

your negative belief. Is it possible there could be a

second interpretation? Try to watch as an objective

observer. Perhaps, instead of the cause being

“There’s something wrong with me,” is it possible

that your parents’ behavior might need further

questioning? Is it possible that these childhood

events could have a number of different meanings,

each as valid as your original interpretation? For

example:

1. My parents thought that being critical would
   motivate me to excel.


2. My parents had inadequate parenting skills.


3. My parents may have thought there was
   something wrong with me, but they were
   wrong.


4. Maybe there was something wrong with me
   when I was a child, but that does not mean
   there always has been something wrong with
   me.


5. Maybe my parents were dissatisfied with my
   behavior, but didn’t think there was anything
   wrong with me.

Write the possible alternative meanings for your

belief. Each of these meanings is as valid as the one

you chose as a child.

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