Posted by Kalamatianos on December 12, 2003, at 5:15:18
In reply to cognitive exposure therapy, posted by Jeffrey on December 11, 2003, at 16:46:05
Starting with Albert Ellis in the 50's, Cognitive Therapy has produced many positive results by addressing the common threads of most emotional upsetness, thinking and thought. If I try to process something I see through booger stained glasses, my results will be second rate to someone with clear vision. Likewise if my thinking is messy and filled with faulty beliefs, I can't make appropriate decisions for the context of the situation. Doing this over and over again, generation after generation, building layer upon layer of confusion, my family style will be a disaster (and it was).
Exposure to the theory of cognitive therapy has taught me to avoid avoidance. If I try not to think about an issue, I am avoiding the tougher questions while making myself miserable.
Two things about x-rays: 1. They are no longer really x or gamma rays. 2. Doctors aren't crazy and negligent and messy. They stick very close to a very safe limit. Radiation knowledge has been pretty carefully understood and carefully administered ever since Hiroshima. Now that was messy.
Take care.
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