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To break state is to move out of any state into a more neutral state. Use break states when you want a person to be in a neutral state because you need to test an anchor and when a person is distracted and you want to get their attention. A pattern interrupt is an intervention to move someone from an intense negative state to a neutral state. Use pattern interrupts when you want to break a strong negative state and going directly to a positive state would be too great a step. There are many ways to break state: *Tell a joke. *Call a person's name. *Ask them to move or walk, to change their position. *Distract them: **Visually - show them something interesting. **Auditorily - make a noise or play music. **Kinestheticallly - touch them (if this is appropriate). Break states and pattern interrupts are both useful for getting out of stuck states. You can recognize a stuck state in someone when: *They have a fixed physiology. *They always sit or go to the same place in a room. *They do not move very much. *They say the same things or repeat movements. *They go round in circles in a discussion or argument. [[category:NLP]] [[category:NLP Patterns]]

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