Mark Manson

I think it can.

Right.

So like in your context, in a relationship, right?

Like you could implement something akin to like a mood tracker, right.

Of like documenting, say three times a day, like set a little alarm on your phone, like, you know, 8am, 12pm, 8pm.

just take 30 seconds and write down how am i feeling in this moment and why am i feeling this way and just do that for 30 days and then schedule sit-downs with your partner and just be like this is kind of where i'm feeling and here's what i noticed about myself right and like practice that self-disclosure that's probably not supernatural talk to a number of people who have like

built-in relationship rituals like that right where they they have a monthly check-in and they say like this is where i'm feeling really loved this is where i'm not feeling very loved right and they like give each other that feedback very uh calmly without any sort of judgment attached to it okay there are certain practices and rituals that you could probably implement to like kind of

kind of like the checklist in the hospital, right?

Like enforce those behaviors because you're not naturally predisposed to do it.

And you're probably gonna find reasons to avoid doing it unless it's kind of thrust upon you.

So I think it totally can work.

I think in your case, it's the definition of behavior.

You're probably still seeing it as like- A tangible action of some kind.

Yeah, okay.

Whereas in your case, the behavior actually is the emotion.

So that's good.

Your girlfriend is a therapist.

Yeah, yeah.

It's interesting because I feel like that's kind of an example.

Like sometimes identity lags reality.