Knowing When to Stop a Session

MOODS can be incisive and surprising. It can also be wrong.

Anything it gives you should be treated as something to consider rather than an answer you’re expected to accept. A response may help you see something differently, or it may misunderstand what you meant, make an assumption that doesn’t fit, contradict something said earlier, or offer an interpretation that goes nowhere.

Your own judgment comes before anything generated here. There’s no reason to believe or act on something simply because MOODS said it.

Pay attention to how you’re feeling while you use the system. If a session leaves you increasingly distressed, disoriented, overwhelmed, or less able to trust your own judgment, stop using it. Close the app and spend some time away from the conversation. If you need another person, reach out to someone you trust.

There’s also nothing you have to complete. You don’t owe a guide an answer, and you don’t need to keep digging until you reach some definitive realization. A session can end because you’re tired of it, because it stopped being useful, or because you simply want to stop.

Knowing when to leave is part of the practice.

MOODS is a tool for reflection. Your judgment stays your own.