Pay attention to the secondary process

A meta-skill pattern

Short In all processes involving human interaction, there is one aspect that is visible to those involved and there is another which is hidden. We can call the visible part of the process the primary process, and the invisible, the secondary process. It is important to be aware of the secondary process because it affects the primary process to a high degree.

When thoughts and emotions in the secondary process are suppressed, this leads to an increase in tension. This pattern considers ways in which you can become aware of the secondary process on all levels of scale.