![]() ![]() He next describes another method: saying your name to increase psychological distance, which helps to externalize the event, achieving a similar separation from the emotional response. This allows for the person to separate from their distressful emotional response. Then, Kross describes an effective way to stop chatter: by zooming out and putting one's issues into perspective, describing it as giving a person the same rational thought process they would show when dealing with the same situation affecting another person. ![]() Kross explains the potential benefits of this inner voice, and then explains the destructive influences chatter can have. In the first chapter, chatter is described as positive and negative self-talk. After realizing the dubious logic of that action, Kross wanted to explore the underlying thoughts that brought it about. ![]() Joshua is a junior at Glen Rock High School in Glen Rock, New Jersey.Ĭhatter begins with a personal experience Ethan Kross had after being sent a threatening letter where he irrationally stayed awake for two nights to defend his house with a baseball bat. ![]()
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