Self-Help Book Name:
Color codes for the trees:
Paragraph #1 from the book’s intro:
My take-home message was that if I wanted to be able to stay blissful despite distress, I was going to have to be able to heal my old hurts. As long as these hurts were alive and present, situations could trigger a reaction that would always bypass my logical brain and ultimately generate a stress reaction infused with rage or fear.
Paragraph Tree #1( pdf download):
My questions for this paragraph tree are: Can I make separate nodes for relative prnouns like I did for “that?” Also I wonder if “that” is referring to just “reaction” or “situations could trigger a reactions”. Sounds kind of awkward thinking “a reaction” is what “that” is referring too. When “that” refers to “a reaction”, it seems incomplete in a way. Like am I talking about any reaction? Or am I referring to the reaction that ultimately generates a stress reaction or the author? Do reactions make other reactions? Is that what a chain reaction is?
Paragraph #2 from the book:
If I wanted to live my life happily, not only was I going to have to do something about these wounds, but I had to work on feeling more valued within myself, know I was inherently “good,” and take better care of myself in every possible way—through nurturing my body and mind with healthy eating, sleeping, exercising, and thinking more loving thoughts toward myself. The more valued I felt, the less seriously I would need to take myself and most things in life, as I wouldn’t feel threatened.
Paragraph Tree #2(pdf download):
It took me while to find the root node cuz I didn’t know if the child node of the “not only” node was also a root node. I didn’t think it was a root node in the end cuz the author already mentioned doing that and I thought the new stuff is what she’s trying to get across. I remember root nodes and their descendants can be seen as a part-whole relationship, but I didn’t know how to apply that here.