There are three types of issues:

Traumas

Traumas are when you feel a disconnected emotion (fear, anger, annoyance) for no apparent reason. With no apparent thought, the emotion wells up within you. Traumas needs to be explored and accepted. Traumatic experiences are characterized by the feeling of loss of control, that you cannot prevent something from happening or change the situation to something you want.

The prompts used to understand the traumatic incident(s) are:

If you are angry – what is that they are saying about you that you are afraid might be true? Look to experiences that prove that they are correct or your fear might be real.

If you are afraid – what are you afraid that might come true? Look to experiences that prove that your fear is founded.

Look for a time in the past related to something you are currently angry or emotional about in which you felt completely out of control.

Think of a time that you were trying really hard but couldn’t control the situation?

Try to enact the actual fear if you can. Fail on purpose if it is physically safe to do so.

Limiting Beliefs #1

Limiting belief #1 deals with unconscious beliefs that we hold. We may even consciously disagree with the belief, but unconsciously still act because of it. Limiting beliefs #1 manifests as unexplainable health issues (my back hurts for no apparent reason, my stomach clenches for no good reason).

The prompts used to deal with Limiting Belief #1 are:

How can the health problem (clench stomach) be helping me in some way? Why is my body helping me by doing this? The reason will often be the limiting belief itself.

Limiting Beliefs #2

Limiting beliefs #2 deals with conscious beliefs. They are manifested by self-talk that leads to stress. It’s not like Trauma in the sense that overthinking brings anxiety, anxiety is not an immediate, violent, and seemingly unexplainable reaction to an event which would be trauma.

The prompts used to deal with limiting beliefs #2 are:

When did I start believing that there was a “good” way or a “bad” way to do this? When did I decide a certain outcome was “good” and another was “bad”.

What do I judge other people for?

Final Note

All issues are the result of holding onto and fixating on something. We fixate on trauma in order to try to deal with a situation in which we had no control. We fixate on Limiting Beliefs #1 unconsciously and it causes our body to help us achieve our goals in a sense (if you feel like sleeping on the job is bad, your kidneys might hurt from your body’s effort to keep you awake despite the fatigue). We fixate on the “good” and “bad” outcome in limiting beliefs #2 we think ourselves into circles and become stressed.