negate
relaxing
avoid reacting when your response just makes things worse
negative thinking > achieving negative goals > relaxing
 
Massage Easing back pain and headaches by getting key muscles to relax.
Patience
‘Work for its own sake, not with an eye for the result.’

‘We cannot lose what really belongs to us, even if we throw it away. Therefore we need have no anxiety. All that need concern us is that we should remain true to our own natures and not listen to others.’

‘An unexpected evil may come accidentally from without. If it does not originate in one’s own nature or have a foothold there, one should not resort to external means to eradicate it, but should quietly let nature take its course. Then improvement will come of itself.’ [I Ching, Wilhelm translation, p 103]

Postponement The psychoanalyst may postpone an interpretation until it is apposite, perhaps until the transference is sufficiently advanced to make the interpretation work.

Waiting is neurotic.

A time for understanding.

Camouflage Getting enemies or competitors to relax their vigilance.
Meditation
and Prayer
Opening oneself.
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