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  • What is GCP?

    Gestalt cognitive processing is when experiences are held as primarily episodic memories. Gestalt cognitive processors process events as a “whole” that is made up of very specific parts. They are whole-to-part thinkers. They have a hyper-awareness of specifics and details in events that make up the entirety of the event, episode, or “whole” for them. … If something within that whole changes, it can be very distressing for a gestalt cognitive processor.

    Source, Meaningful Speech

    Alexandria Zachos, MS, CCC-SLP/L

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  • Understanding Perfectionism
    by Austin Kleon

    Morgan Schafler says that perfectionists are people who “consistently notice the difference between an ideal and a reality,” and more often than not, have “a compulsion to bridge the gulf between reality and an ideal.” In her view, the perfectionist holds a kind of creative tension that contains an energy capable of creation or destruction.

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  • Questions I’d like to explore… 🔬

    Is it perfectionism or is it GCP?

    Do we get stuck because we see the whole finished thing in our minds?

    Is it executive function or is it GCP?

    Do we struggle to find a way in because we are not sequential thinkers and seeing the whole is overwhelming?

    Can Iteration be a tool?

    The idea does not have to come out fully formed.

    What about “rejection sensitivity?”

    Could this be happening because we are reliving every rejection we’ve ever experienced? Does it also happen when we are already struggling with flaws (deviations from our internal gestalt) and someone points them out or criticizes it’s unbearable?

    How can we rewrite our gestalts?

    Can we make more space for imperfection, experimentation, iteration, and discovery?

    I think I’ve done this with gardening and pottery and it’s all to do with who I learned those things from and how I think about them. Can I invite that sense of ease and curiosity into other pursuits?

    Can we / HOW CAN WE rewrite our gestalts?

    Cross Pollination 🐝

    Find further research at #gestaltcognitiveprocessing.

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