Posted by wendy b. on December 1, 2001, at 14:44:30
In reply to Wendy Re: CBT, posted by Mair on November 30, 2001, at 23:20:54
> Wendy - I know what you mean about CBT. My therapist used to have me work through a thought process to evaluate worst case scenarios for things that were bothering me. Like I'd fear that something awful was going to happen at work (like I would or had screwed something up) and we'd go through this whole process to evaluate how realistic my fear was and what it's likely result would be. It helped put into perspective problems that seemed huge but were certainly not catastrophic. This was very helpful for anxiety, but pretty worthless for the much more subjective negative feelings about myself. It certainly didn't help me like myself to any greater degree. The positive self talk was beyond my reach because I had trouble identifying a positive thought or occurrence. Just maybe beyond my limited grasp. Are you supposed to be giving yourself pep talks?
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> Mair
Problem is, I don't see anybody else out there giving me any! I don't know! It's certainly the question of the week for me. I know what you mean about CBT not really getting at the underlying low-to-nonexistent self-esteem... Saying the words is one thing, believing in them is quite another.
W.
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