Posted by Racer on November 23, 2008, at 23:05:30
In reply to Re: Loud insulting thoughts (not voices), posted by ricker on November 23, 2008, at 20:20:42
I experience something I think is probably similar -- those inner voices/self-talk gets pretty insulting, very demoralizing, and pretty much as damaging as anything anyone else could say to me. Sometimes, when my anxiety is high enough, or I'm depressed enough, I can't seem to shut them off.
It's something I work on in therapy. Mostly, the voices are internalizations of things my family members said -- and in some cases still say! -- to me. Let's just say that my family includes some people who aren't very pleasant to be related to, 'K? Many of the things I "hear" are directly from various family members.
A lot of those things fuel the anorexia, as well as OCD-type obsessions.
It's a place where I think basic CBT style techniques help me most -- recognize when I'm doing it, and try to replace those cruelties with the sorts of things I'd say to someone I cared about. I'll let you know if it ever actually works -- I'm still in the "recognizing" stage now, mostly because some of them are so ingrained for me. (Remember -- I'm about 20 years older than you are. I've had a lot more time to get stuck in some of these ruts.)
Good luck.
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