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Re: skewing negative » .tabitha.

Posted by Dinah on August 14, 2002, at 6:07:45

In reply to skewing negative, posted by .tabitha. on August 14, 2002, at 3:04:09

I have to admit, Tabitha, that I have better luck with the behavioral techniques than the cognitive ones. If I try to replace my thoughts, I end up just saying something along the lines of "So what, I know that intellectually, what on earth difference does it make to how I FEEL?"

I also tend to think it works better on anxiety than depression.

I guess I agree with those who think that the feelings give rise to the thoughts, rather than those who believe the thoughts give rise to the feelings.

Sometimes I can have an insight that genuinely changes how I think about something and therefore how I feel about it. But the more mechanical cognitive therapy never works for me, and generally irritates me.

Of course, I realize that it does work for a lot of people. I just get this horrible Stuart Smalley feeling about the whole thing.

So... Maybe a deeper level of understanding would help? Not just identifying and replacing negative cognitions, but understanding why they exist, what reinforcement you get for the beliefs, etc. Addressing one level deeper than the cognitive beliefs themselves? If that makes any sense....

 

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