FEAR: A Formula for Human Suffering
Fusion: Attaching to unwanted private experiences (thoughts, feeling, memories, sensations) and their rule governed functions
Evaluation: Imbuing events/experiences with evaluative properties that become functionally associated as primary properties
Avoidance: Using behavioral or psychological strategies designed to eliminate or constrict exposure to distressing private content
Reason Giving: Providing a socially supportable justification for dysfunctional and unworkable behaviors
Fusion: Attaching to unwanted private experiences (thoughts, feeling, memories, sensations) and their rule governed functions
Evaluation: Imbuing events/experiences with evaluative properties that become functionally associated as primary properties
Avoidance: Using behavioral or psychological strategies designed to eliminate or constrict exposure to distressing private content
Reason Giving: Providing a socially supportable justification for dysfunctional and unworkable behaviors
