Posted by yznhymer on November 9, 2004, at 20:03:52 [reposted on November 10, 2004, at 8:25:34 | original URL]
In reply to Who has used CBT ? experiences.. please, posted by Tepiaca on November 9, 2004, at 15:29:48
> Hello
> I want to know if you find something good about the Cognocitve Behavioral Terapy .
> I canŽt understand how this could help a person
> I does not make any sense in me.
>
> I went to see a doctor who give this terapy , and he asked me : What do you feel in front of people ? .... I said , I feel observed and that everybody is commenting about me....
> Ok the doctor said , he opened a book and told me ,"read this"...
>
> The book had a chart with the kind of problems and its respective solutions
>
> Problem :
> I think people talk about me
>
> Solution :
> Do no think that people talk about you
>
> what ???? are you kidding me ?? is this the solution to my problem ?? o great Im screwed , I thought
>
> You got it? the doctor asked me , and I said "yes" . I canŽt argue with a doctor or any person so I better stayed quiet
>
> I donŽt understand , I have tried to avoid thinking that people is watching me and talking about me about 8 years , what could the CBT do??
> This is not a matter of logic of intelligence , my brain is chemically unbalanced , I canŽt just think that they are not thinking me about
>
> Any comments?? do you have something good to say about CBT ??? IŽll really apreciatte your helpI don't know where to start. That is a terrible application of CBT... in fact what your therapist did with you was not CBT at all. I'm sorry you had that experience.
CBT would involve your therapist taking you through a PROCESS where you LEARN to think differently about a problem, in fact, to think more realistically about it, and change your feelings as a result. There are actual strategies you can learn to use, and there is often "homework" involved. It works and its very effective for a lot of people. It may not be for you but until I tried it with someone competent I wouldn't dismiss it.
Also, I want to encourage you to say NO when you need to. You deserve the best treatment you can find and your doctor was shortchanging you. Or maybe, if he knew you weren't getting it, he might have tried a different way of helping you. Still, a good therapist would have probed a bit deeper to get a handle on what he was trying to accomplish with you.
I hope things improve for you.
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