So, I got mugged last night. Six or so drunken guys took exception to my hat and removed it, which I can accept as horseplay, but then one of them decided to take things further. He punched me in the face and tried to steal the contents of an open jacket pocket, which included my mobile phone. He didn't get that, but did get a raffle ticket that could win him a free session of cranio-sacral therapy.

Thing was, even as it happened I was pretty much calm. I spoke to the police as soon as I turned the corner on the asshats, and they got some cops out to find the culprits, but no joy. And then went home, and slept just fine.

Speaking to my girlfriend on the phone this morning, I mentioned what had happened in a low key way, and she took it in a similarly non-alarmist fashion. And in the ensuing conversation heard myself saying that yesterday was a good day.

And it was. I had lunch with a good friend I'd not seen in too long, and had my runes read as recounted on another thread (no points for saying that the runes didn't predict the attack). And if someone was going to be attacked, better it was me with resources to deal with it than some frightened pensioner.

All of which is to say, I'm convinced this little episode demonstrates the effectiveness of the training I've had in state management and framing. What incidents have you come across that have revealed to you how embedded NLP has become within you? What has surprised you about your reactions to the unexpected? And has that made you assess yourself differently in the light of experience?

Congratulations,

I would love to hear positive stories too, when such things have happened to me I tend to go on a spiral of recreation of different possible reactions, martial arts show down and all fueled by the repressed anger, and it will last in direct proportion as to the gravity of the enocounter....

adrian r wrote:

So, I got mugged last night. Six or so drunken guys took exception to my hat and removed it, which I can accept as horseplay, but then one of them decided to take things further. He punched me in the face and tried to steal the contents of an open jacket pocket, which included my mobile phone. He didn't get that, but did get a raffle ticket that could win him a free session of cranio-sacral therapy.

Thing was, even as it happened I was pretty much calm. I spoke to the police as soon as I turned the corner on the asshats, and they got some cops out to find the culprits, but no joy. And then went home, and slept just fine.

Speaking to my girlfriend on the phone this morning, I mentioned what had happened in a low key way, and she took it in a similarly non-alarmist fashion. And in the ensuing conversation heard myself saying that yesterday was a good day.

And it was. I had lunch with a good friend I'd not seen in too long, and had my runes read as recounted on another thread (no points for saying that the runes didn't predict the attack). And if someone was going to be attacked, better it was me with resources to deal with it than some frightened pensioner.

All of which is to say, I'm convinced this little episode demonstrates the effectiveness of the training I've had in state management and framing. What incidents have you come across that have revealed to you how embedded NLP has become within you? What has surprised you about your reactions to the unexpected? And has that made you assess yourself differently in the light of experience?

Hi Adrian,

Last Sunday I had an unexpected experience too. I came back from my first part of my Master Practitioner course and found my husband quite, in a abnormal state. Later on he told me that he found a huge lump in his body that probably was cancer.

My reaction wasn't the one I was expecting from myself. I was calm, and the only thing I could think of was how to sort that issue out. I knew I could do it. Rob my master had just taught me that week. And I did.

I called the doctor on Monday morning for an urgent appointment and went from there. I kept my head clear from useless emotions, something that I wasn’t able to do before.

NLP has been in my life for just eight months but the results are unbelievable!!

My thank you go to Richard Bandler, Anders Piper, Peter Salisbury, Robert Ballentine, Chris Morris, Walmir Bandeira and so many other inspiring people that I have had the privilege to meet.

Roseli

Well done Roseli, )

I did give Chris your name to verfiy you.... just so you know. I saw you on the practitioner course with Richard in October and then again at the Master prac.

Nina x

virtualAngel wrote:

Well done Roseli, )

I did give Chris your name to verfiy you.... just so you know. I saw you on the practitioner course with Richard in October and then again at the Master prac.

Nina x

Thanks a lot Nina!

Roseli

What an inspirational story, Adrian.

I was mugged last year and although initially I was quite calm, I did feel a bit stressy for a few days later.

I'm interested to know what NLP ''thing'' you think it is that has helped you with this. My first thought was state management, but do you think some other things may have helped? Could it be beliefs, for example too?

Steve

adrian r wrote:

What incidents have you come across that have revealed to you how embedded NLP has become within you? What has surprised you about your reactions to the unexpected? And has that made you assess yourself differently in the light of experience?

First, I'm glad you're OK. Second... just because you're calm doesn't mean you can't beat the crap out of someone.

A few years back, while I was at work, someone tried to steal my vehicle, and they found it impossible. In the process, they did a lot of expensive damage and rendered it un-drivable. I made the requisite phone calls, calm as can be. My co-workers remarked that they had no idea how I could stay calm.

As I hadn't really noticed until then that I wasn't freaking out, I went inside and checked on myself. The response I got from myself was, "It's just a thing. It's just stuff."

Michael_DeBusk wrote:

First, I'm glad you're OK. Second... just because you're calm doesn't mean you can't beat the crap out of someone.

Agreed. But in this case we're talking six someones