@Soreth Every time you practice this, you'll find there are a few fewer dots. (Maybe a few more after particularly tumultuous periods that rustle up old, archived data, but on average.) Really, I'm just picturing a natural process at work - but it feels good to imagine I have some degree of say over activating it and seeing its progress.

It's silly, but some nights when I catch myself looping, it helps me quiet painful memories. Perhaps it can help you. 💜

@Soreth And you'd think, being fond of it, I'd know how to spell Gardener in the Dark by now, but, well. New glitches. That... will happen if you prune your connective memories a little too enthusiastically. I imagine.

I had a friend once who warned me about that, I think.

@Momentrabbit My head's glitched enough already. Maybe it's better to just let things go naturally...

@Soreth
(takes rabbit mask off) I'm genuinely sorry Soreth, I shouldn't make deadpan jokes about braindamage like that.

GitD isn't actually a memory deletion technique - it's a distraction. Its purpose is to get you out of revisiting (and strengthening) an unpleasant memory, and visualizing something abstract - and to build that habit. A repatterning exercise: trains your brain to not do the painful thing, and do something else. And it is harmless. (cont)

@Soreth
Any visualization practice will do instead of making lights go out: moving shapes around in space, picturing places you've never been. Or mayybe you're more auditory? Concerts without connotations to the bad memories, audio cues. Scents that bring you to a safe place. Whatever works. The goal is to redirect negative memory chains, rather than reinforce them.

If it helps, great. If not, no harm no foul - I hope another technique works for you. 💜