Posted by phidippus on November 11, 2014, at 12:45:18
In reply to Re: Restarted Abilify - Feeling better. » phidippus, posted by SLS on November 11, 2014, at 6:29:52
>I first realized that my thoughts, and feelings were being dictated by a biological illness that I had been diagnosed of, and that I had no control of.
You have more control over your thoughts than you think. Are you familiar with cognitive restructuring?
Cognitive restructuring involves four steps:
1. Identification of problematic cognitions
known as "automatic thoughts" (ATs) which are dysfunctional or negative views of the self, world, or future based upon already existing beliefs about oneself, world, or the future.2. Identification of the cognitive distortions in the ATs
3. Rational disputation of ATs with the Socratic method
4. Development of a rational rebuttal to the ATsThere are six types of automatic thoughts:
1. Self-evaluated thoughts
2. Thoughts about the evaluations of others
3. Evaluative thoughts about the other person with whom they are interacting
4. Thoughts about coping strategies and behavioral plans
5. Thoughts of avoidance6. Any other thoughts that were not categorized
learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive distortions helps one to control one's thoughts. So you may have an automatic thought that is depressive you immediately should be able to observe and identify the cognitive distortions in that thought and discard it as erroneous.
All-or-nothing thinking (splitting), magical thinking, filtering, over-generalization, magnification, and emotional reasoning are examples of cognitive distortions.
If you've heard all this before, let me know, I just think it pertinent to the statement you make regarding your illness controlling you. Your automatic thoughts and feelings are not reliable.
Eric
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