E-Prime and Semantic Deconditioning - Deepstash

E-Prime and Semantic Deconditioning

Wilson includes actual techniques that can help with this process. E-prime involves eliminating all forms of the verb to be from your vocabulary.

  • For example, instead of saying "she is cruel," you would say "I experience her behavior as cruel." This tiny shift brings you back into your own body, your own lens.
  • Another method is to refuse to define abstract terms for a week. Instead of saying "freedom," describe what it looks like. Make the implicit explicit and deconstruct your own statements. 

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What if your entire personality was just software—written by parents, schools, ads, trauma, and culture? 🤔 This is pt. 1 of the series.

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