Deprivation curiosity is driven by a lack of information, often a specific piece of information. Trying to remember might get you into a contracted state, as though you are trying to squeeze that answer out of your brain.
This extends to texting and social media. For example, did you know that there are animals who keep growing in size until they die? In fact, based on its size, one pound lobster was believed to be years old. It feels good to learn something new.
Unlike the D-curiosity — which is about reaching a destination — the I-curiosity is more about the journey. Deprivation feels closed, while interest feels open. What this means is getting more and more curious about what anxiety feels like in your body, instead of assuming you know everything about it or that it will never change. Most of us approach ourselves and the world with D-curiosity, like a problem to be solved.
In practice, what this means is getting more and more curious about what anxiety feels like in your body and how it triggers your worry and procrastination habit loops, instead of assuming you know everything about anxious or that your feelings will never change or you have to find a magic pill or technique to cure you of it.
It puts people right in that sweet spot of openness and engagement. Let me walk you through a curiosity exercise that I teach everyone on Day 1 in the Unwinding Anxiety app. This exercise can work as a kind of panic button for when anxiety hits , and it takes about 2 minutes. Find a quiet comfortable place. And, in truth, they are inextricably linked. She is a certified psychoanalyst and AEDP psychotherapist and supervisor.
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