Posted by Tabitha on November 6, 2003, at 19:52:44
In reply to Barlow - new depression treatment?, posted by badhaircut on November 6, 2003, at 18:02:22
Sounds like one of those ideas where, if it works, it's obviously great, but what do you do with people who just can't manage to force themselves to ACT counter to their depressed thoughts? Those types of ideas always have a lot of appeal to me-- but I haven't been able to get much practical use from them. I used to love a book called "Playing Ball on Running Water" which was a similar idea-- just ignore your inner dialogue and do what needs to be done. It didn't actually get me to change at all-- I'd just read it and dream of a day where I'd finally take charge of my depressed procrastinating self and just function.
I understand the impulse to abandon cognitive techniques. After all, you can spend your whole life sorting out the tangle of your inner dialogue, challenging it, replacing parts of it with new thoughts, and never actually change your life much at all.
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