Relational circuits checklist

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Relational Circuits Checklist (Are our RCs on or off?)

  1. I just want to make a problem, person or feeling go away.
  2. I don’t want to listen to what others feel or say.
  3. My mind is “locked onto” something upsetting.
  4. I don’t want to be connected to [blank]. (Someone I usually like)
  5. I just want to get away, fight, or freeze. (verses Calm + Connect)
  6. I more aggressively interrogate, judge and fix others.
– E. James Wilder, Anna Kang, John Loppnow, Sungshim Loppnow. (2015) Joyful Journey: Listening to Immanuel. pg. 29