Leaving behind a familiar but inappropriate assumption can be a wrenching experience. A common tendency is to hang onto the assumption or behavior. Try to modify it to fit the situation more closely.
Include 2 – 3 paragraphs describing how this process has affected your understanding, your ‘sense-making’ of what you wrote in the initial paragraphs. Are there other ways to look at the situation? What did you read in the literature that led you to think differently about the experience?