Posted by Maxime on May 22, 2005, at 5:04:12
In reply to Re: Meds To Help Negativity? » Maxime, posted by Phillipa on May 21, 2005, at 23:44:26
With CBT you start by writing down your internal voice and then you come up alternative. Writing it down seems to help. I've someone with a negative mindset and low self esteem (hence the eating disorder)I use the Feel Good handbook and adapt the situations for myself. There are other workbooks out there including one on self esterm like this
one
"Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem" and "Ten Days to Self-Esteem" What is said in the review about the last one ". It works because of actually having to write down how you feel, and what exactly you are thinking. The same negative thoughts that seem so natural and believable in my head seem so obviously over the top when I write them down: it is so much easier to WRITE the distortions and WRITE more realistic positive thoughts. Dr. Burns gets you to write down the percentage of your belief in your negative thoughts before and after examining them, and it is incredible how satisfying it is to notice the REAL difference in feelings about myself. It gives me back the feeling of having some control, of being able to effect change."Anyhow, I think this is the way to go. :-)
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Tierney
> Maxime, I agree. I don't know. But I do know the basic principle. The Fair is over. I found myself very negative. The woman who helped us was wonderful. She knows so much and can provide the proper training that wasn't available with my enroller. Now I have to quit telling myself that it can't work, that I can't sell, etc. The word can't should be eliminated from the English language. Fondly, Phillipa
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