Posted by violette on September 14, 2010, at 20:50:47
In reply to Re: CBT made me much worse, actually. *ME TOO* » violette, posted by TriedEveryMedication on September 14, 2010, at 12:32:47
> In fact, I've seen a lot of evidence presented in other fields (behavioral economics) that suggests emotions lead to thoughts.
Hi TEM,
I've seen this as well-in many disciplines/businesses (i.e. strategy, org psychology, legal, etc). I think you can control your emotions with thoughts to a certain extent, it's basically building more defense mechanisms against emotions, imo, seperating yourself further from your emotion, which equals more problems in the long run.
I already had been having panic attacks when in CBT therapy, but when my therapist addressed my anxiety, it escalated to full-blown panic attacks in session. For me, this is because my anxiety is related to my childhood attachment (i didn't know this at the time). Since then, I learned anxiety is often related to childhood development for other people too.
Through projective identification with a psychodynamic therapist, the anxiety was bordering on panic the whole time-but did not escalate to panic. Totally different outcome..the T serves as a container for the anxiety, then projects his calm position/soothing reaction back to you...you then internalize it yourself-your ability to not lose control, which translates to self soothing capacity..much like a strong-minded mother soothing a baby in turmoil.
It sounds funny when you read about projetive identification, but when you experience it yourself, it's fascinating.
...usually don't get anxiety at that level during sessions, this is still new, so I'll have to wait and see how it turns out in time.
Thanks for letting me know how it worked for you!
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