Sorgenstuhl

English translation: worry chair

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German term or phrase:Sorgenstuhl
English translation:worry chair
Entered by: Susan Welsh

14:10 Mar 10, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / psychiatry
German term or phrase: Sorgenstuhl
"Armchair" doesn't seem to express the meaning here, especially as it is in quote marks. and the German root is "sorgen." I can't think of, or find, an English way to say this. "On the couch" seems to have too much of a psychoanalytic and somewhat humorous connotation, not appropriate here. I think it means an armchair where one feels safe and can reflect upon life. But how to say that?

Zudem sollen die dysfunktionalen Denkprozesse (Grübeln, Sich-Sorgen-Machen) eingegrenzt werden, indem der Patient ihre Sinnlosigkeit versteht und lernt, nur zu bestimmten Zeiten und an bestimmten Orten (z.B. «Sorgenstuhl») über das Trauma nachzudenken (Stimuluskontrolle).
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 04:24
worry chair
Explanation:
I.e. a place where you specifically go to do your worrying.


The worry chair. One common conditioning technique used by counselors is the worry chair strategy. It is especially useful for those who have troubles falling asleep because they are ruminating about their day. You can use it at home or work, but we will use the example of someone with insomnia to demonstrate the process.

Set up a specific chair in your house that is designated as the worry chair.
If you are worrying about things and unable to sleep for more than 10 minutes, then get out of your bed and go sit in the worry chair.
Allow yourself to worry all you want when you are in the chair. Take each worry to its conclusion before you move to the next worry.
Stay there as long as you need to (until you are done worrying).
Return to bed.
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Armorel Young
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worry chair


Explanation:
I.e. a place where you specifically go to do your worrying.


The worry chair. One common conditioning technique used by counselors is the worry chair strategy. It is especially useful for those who have troubles falling asleep because they are ruminating about their day. You can use it at home or work, but we will use the example of someone with insomnia to demonstrate the process.

Set up a specific chair in your house that is designated as the worry chair.
If you are worrying about things and unable to sleep for more than 10 minutes, then get out of your bed and go sit in the worry chair.
Allow yourself to worry all you want when you are in the chair. Take each worry to its conclusion before you move to the next worry.
Stay there as long as you need to (until you are done worrying).
Return to bed.
http://www.agprofessional.com/show_story_fb.php?id=971907

Armorel Young
Local time: 08:24
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Thanks to all.
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Asker: Bingo! Thanks. I wonder, do they make folding ones that you can carry about with you...?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  British Diana: And does it work ;-) Sounds intriguing...
27 mins

agree  Norbert Hermann
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agree  Rolf Keiser
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agree  Kim Metzger
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agree  Craig Meulen
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agree  Johanna Timm, PhD
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agree  Nicole Backhaus
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Reference: Sorgenstuhl

Reference information:
Sorgenstuhl, in einigen Gegenden Deutschlands, besonders im nördlichen, die Benennung eines Arm= oder Lehnstuhls, der gewöhnlich gepolstert ist, und daher, weil er sehr bequem ist, seinen Sorgen darin nachzuhängen, diesen Namen erhalten hat. Er führt auch wohl den Namen Großvaterstuhl, weil er gewöhnlich alten Leuten, den Großeltern in der Familie, zum bequemen Ruhefitze dient.
http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/xxx/s/ks22999.htm

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Reference information:
At http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Zwesten there's a brief explanatory note on this topic...which shows that some folks even in the Germanophone world believe others need an explation of the notion. I quote it here:
"Etwa 1 km nordwestlich des Ortes am Kellerwaldsteig befindet sich auf dem Weg zum 368 m über NN hohen Lecktopf der Sorgenstuhl. Es handelt sich um einen Stein mit einer stuhlförmigen Sitzfläche. An ihm können symbolisch Sorgen abgeladen werden, was durch altarmäßig hinterlassene Gegenstände der Besucher deutlich wird."


    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Zwesten#Kultur_und_Sehensw....
David Wigtil
United States
Native speaker of: English

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agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: thanks, - just love folkloristic details like that!
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