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Fear

How did fear and anxiety come up? How did I get alarmed or apprehensive? What did I avoid because it felt threatening or fearful (phobic direction)? What did I challenge because it felt threatening or fearful (counterphobic direction)? How was I over-cautious (phobic) or under-cautious (counterphobic)?

Basis: Sixes believe that the world is a dangerous place and you can’t trust it. Their attention naturally goes to what seems threatening.

Imagination

What situations did I magnify in my mind? What negative spin or worst-case scenario thinking preoccupied me? What inferences and implications occurred to me? What felt potentially threatening? What did I project from my mind onto others?

Basis: Mistrust and fear naturally lead to worst-case thinking and amplification of hazards.

Doubt/contrary thinking

How did I question and doubt in my internal dialogue? How was I a devil’s advocate? How was I ambivalent about a course of action or a person?

Basis: Sixes’ coping strategy involves questioning, doubting and testing, which only makes sense when you lose faith and fall into mistrust.

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