Posted by Kath on October 2, 2009, at 9:21:54
In reply to Re: Have Found CBT VERY helpful in coping » Kath, posted by pedr on October 1, 2009, at 9:08:19
For me it only works once I'm out of deep depression. Otherwise the depression subverts all rational and positive logic - it's just too powerful.
~ ~ Yes - I can relate to that...and I agree. ~ ~
> Sometimes it sticks, sometimes my depression doesn't want to listen.~ ~ yes - doesn't want to or can't. ~ ~
> Thanks for the link!
~ ~ You're welcome Pete. Once again, it's a case of being ABLE to even turn on the computer & do the course!
This book is great:
Even reading it helps me feel more positive. It's a real step-by-step method of turning our negatives into positives. A doctor told me about it & also told me that one of her patients was the VERY MOST NEGATIVE person she had EVER met!! She never saw him smile either.
He'd been trying to sell his house for quite a while & people would be interested & seem to like the house, but no takers. She told me she said to him (kindly, but I was still shocked!) that to be honest, she wouldn't want to buy his house if she came & looked at it & he was giving off negative 'vibes'. He said he Knew he was negative, but didn't know what to do about it. She told him to buy Michael Losier's Law of Attraction & read it & do the exercises. 2 weeks later, her came for his appt. He was actually smiling & pleasant, and had a buyer for his house. He was very impressed with the book & said it had changed his life & so quickly! The doctor said that at one point, she said something that was a bit negative & he corrected her & turned it around into a positive!
Sounds pretty unreal, I know, but the book is pretty cool. I think the interesting thing about it is that is actually tells you how to go about changing from negative thinking step-by-step. You can even download 'worksheets' from his website free.
Check it out. :-) Maybe your library has one, or could get one for you. Or maybe you could look at one in a bookstore & see if it seems to be a 'fit'. I like that it's in larger print, has drawings, charts - something to appeal to everyone. He says he has written it to appeal to all learning-styles.
Let me know what you think if you look at it.
xox Kath
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