Summary of Dana Morningstar's Out of the Fog

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#1 The FOG is an acronym for fear, obligation, and guilt, and is used to describe the emotions most commonly used by emotional manipulators to gain and keep control over others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822530188

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Insights on Dana Morningstar's Out of the Fog

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The FOG is an acronym for fear, obligation, and guilt, and is used to describe the emotions most commonly used by emotional manipulators to gain and keep control over others.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

A thought hole is a bad piece of advice that we encounter along the road to health and healing. It is difficult to see them because they are usually hidden in the thickest emotional fog. We must experience enough pain from the damage we cause to realize that what we’re doing isn’t working.

#2

Thought holes come from all of our difference spheres of influence, which are around us from birth. These spheres of influence grow and change throughout our life as we ourselves grow and change, and they affect our thinking, feelings, and actions.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The first step to getting out of the fog is to start questioning what we consider to be normal, reasonable, or rational. When we realize that there have been some problematic messages we’ve bought into, we can feel like Alice at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.

#2

Thinking for yourself is the first step to living an authentic life. It isn’t easy, especially if you’ve been driving down a road full of thought holes for decades without realizing it. But having healthy boundaries is a big part of what living an authentic life is about.

#3

To navigate the thought holes, you must first forget about trying to figure out what’s normal. Instead, focus on what’s healthy and empowering, and move away from anything that is oppressive or disempowering. Once you start heading in the direction of what’s healthy for you, your life will start to change for the better.

#4

It can be difficult to gather new friends and colleagues when you start to awaken to the disempowering beliefs that you’ve been living by. It can be extremely hard and lonely, and it may take years to rebuild your life, but don’t let that deter you. The results are worth it.

Insights from Chapter 4

#1

I had a lot of aha moments as I began to understand the difference between normal and pathological behavior. I began to divide the world into narcissists and sociopaths, and normal people.

#2

It’s important to realize that people can have toxic or problematic behavior, and that it doesn’t