Re: Thought blocking

Posted by pedr on September 19, 2003, at 5:15:52

In reply to Thought blocking, posted by Sebastian on September 16, 2003, at 20:53:34

Sebastian, there's nothing wrong with thought-blocking as long as the issues surrounding the blocked thought/belief have been recognised and challenged. For example there's a difference between going:
"oh my God, there's that terrifying thought again, I absolutely must avoid thinking it!!!" (which is not usually helpful)
and
"aha. There's that unhelpful thought which I've tackled/combatted successfully many times. It's boring and unhelpful and I'm not going to bother with it." (which can be very helpful).
Does this make sense?
pedr.

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