Has anyone asked you ‘Where’s your head at?‘. The obvious answer is ‘on top of my body’. In asking the question, people know bodily where your head is located, they want to know something about your thinking.
They really want to know something about the direction your thinking and reasoning are going. If they asked, “Where is your thinking headed?” or “What kind of thoughts are you entertaining?” or “Where will your line of reasoning take you?” the answers would give you something better to go on, yet the wording is clunky and awkward.
A recent comment to my blog brought this important matter to my mind. Within a few hours of writing my initial response it occurred to me what was missing. Like one of those moments of clarity in the shower, the matter became shockingly clear.
The matter concerns “loser questions”. These are questions you ask where you have already taken a one-down position or seek avoiding the consequences of bad choices.
When you find yourself asking things like ‘How can I make my spouse accept this?’ or ‘How can I talk them into this?‘ or ‘How can I keep the kids from finding out?‘ or ‘How can I keep my spouse from getting mad about this?’ you’ve already made the decision to do something questionable in your mind and are looking for ways of softening the consequences. These are what I consider loser questions.
When your focus is on avoiding consequences or negative fallout, you are ‘covering your butt’. When your focus is on covering your butt, you’ve already made a poor choice.
Loser questions show where your head is really at. They reveal what’s your focus and where you are headed. When you are concerned with reactions, ways of softening the news or calming the anger, you are headed in the wrong direction.
A therapist friend of mine often shared with me that your unconscious mind is about a year ahead of your conscious mind. That means that your head often works at solving problems long before they happen, including affairs. This also includes affair recovery. Those questions you ask reveal a great deal, including where your head’s at.
The ebook, “Why Wasn’t I Enough?” addresses the danger of such questions. You may be making self-defeating choices in how your handling the affair. Those self-defeating choices are determining whether or not your marriage survives. For that reason, you’ll want a copy of the ebook.
Changing the questions you’re asking changes your focus and the direction of your life. Now is a great time to start asking some better questions. It will take you to better places. Your body and heart follows where you head sends them.
Keeping It Real,
Jeff
