Hello, a few months ago I had a disagreement with the nanny of my children (who is also my neighbour) and she resigned.
I found out that she doesn’t like me from other neighbours, and she turned away every time I run into her.
I feel discomfort, hurt, and angry, so I did a few models during these few months to resolve my feelings.
I started by questioning whether “she doesn’t like me” is a fact, but I find that even when I think otherwise it doesn’t help too much. Below are some models that I tried during these few months that didn’t work too well.
Unintentional Model:
C She turned away when she saw me
T Why does she dislike me?
F Anger
A Disturbed for the whole afternoon
R Can’t concentrate on work
Intentional Model 1:
C She turned away when she saw me
T She has the right to dislike me
F Ok but a little discomfort
A Spend some time thinking about her
R Delay on my work
Intentional Model 2:
C She turned away when she saw me
T She is uncomfortable to see me
F Discomfort (about our situation)
A Spend some time thinking about her
R Delay on my work
Finally I decided to use another approach on the model, because I really wanted to stop wasting my time thinking about this and feel neutral about the whole incident. I decided to concentrate on my money goal every time I see her, so instead of focusing on negativity I focus on my work and goal.
Intentional Model 3:
C I run into her
T I’m making 100k this year
F Focused on my career
A I think about my work rather than dwelling on negative emotions
R I continue working without delay
It feels good in my mind but I haven’t tried this out yet. Do you think it’s running away from facing my feelings?
Thank you