Anchors and Hugs

[Simple Guy]

NLPers,

A loved one is told of the passing away of a close relative.
An NLPer refrains from the natural response of a consoling
hug at time of initial resulting upset. Reason: to avoid
a possible anchoring of grief to the hug.

Was the NLPer, in this hypothetical, acting appropriately?

[Terry]

No but they were acting out of love, and we all make mistakes...
Speaking of hugs, a lady has been decorating our Hall each year for our St Patricks Day dance, and today I met here and thanked her for all her efforts. Her face lit up like a candle and she gave me a big hug. It seems that nobody over the years had ever said "thank you", and I find that sad, because I know that her efforts are apreciated by others, and commented on favourably.

Hug somebody today, there may not be a tomorrow.....

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Never pass up a hug or waste an erection!!!!!!

Took Terry's advice on board and cross contextualized it. ;)

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[Merlin]

It's been said in NLP training such hugs can cause anchors.
It's almost never a problem 'cause you already have a positive stacked anchor for hugs.
The positive usually overrides the negative.