There's this game, Vampire Therapist, where you play as a vampire with knowledge of CBT. Good thing it wasn't "Vampire The rapist", where you'd play as a vampire with knowledge of the other CBT. store.steampowered.com/app/2481020/Vampire_Therapist/
It doesn't, at least in my experience. Great. I'm now aware I am feeling like shit. Don't feel like shit don't feel like shit don't feel like shit. Welp still feel like shit and now I'm preoccupied trying to convince myself otherwise.
CBT is great for figuring out what you are feeling but it sucks with dealing with it. This is where acceptance based therapy works well.
I feel like shit! Am I supposed to feel like shit? Would a rational human feel like shit here? They would? Maybe I'm not such a pile of shit after all, and just a human
There are 3 parts to the process. It sounds like you got stuck between 1 and 2.
Identify what is actually going on. Feeling shit is a compound feeling breaking it down into subsections helps a lot. E.g. I'm crap and socialising and miss people. Or I'm anxious about money.
Identify what needs to be done, internally to alter the behaviour/feeling.
Implementing that in your day to day life.
I've had a few attempts at CBT over the years (ADHD). 2 were completely useless, the 3rd helped a lot. We managed to chunk some of my issues down into small enough pieces I could crush them.
You would be surprised how much traction you can get by just actually taking the first step.
E.g. I'm a geek and, after moving, wanted to join a local makerspace. Unfortunately there wasn't one. I could have lamented the lack of one. Instead, I put the call out to see if anyone else wanted to start one. The task looked daunting and overwhelming. It was amazing how much effort others were willing to join me in applying to the problem. We've been going strong for a decade now, and it's provided a positive outlet to many.
That's normally what the B in CBT is for. The therapist is supposed to work out some strategies with you that make you feel like shit less, a behavioral repertoire that you can use on your own and that is independent from the cognitive part. I personally found this the hardest thing to do in CBT, and it was probably the thing that helped me the most long term (because let's face it: no amount of therapy will make me an all-sunshine glass-half-full kinda guy, and really that's okay).
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It's not "gaslighting yourself into being okay". It's more like being real to yourself on what you feel.
I was like this before, and with the benefit of hindsight, that was me in emotional reasoning, "I feel this, therefore it is reality". Your feelings are (and continue to be) valid. At the same time, it can be disconnected to actual observable reality, and at worst, bring your worst fears into a self-fulfilling prophecy: something like "my crush did not reply to me, so I suck as a person, so I don't want to socialize with anyone, because, surely I suck, right?", when in fact, said crush was just having a busy day in their life. CBT techniques can help you move forward and break self-destructive cycles.
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in reply to inari • • •It doesn't, at least in my experience. Great. I'm now aware I am feeling like shit. Don't feel like shit don't feel like shit don't feel like shit. Welp still feel like shit and now I'm preoccupied trying to convince myself otherwise.
CBT is great for figuring out what you are feeling but it sucks with dealing with it. This is where acceptance based therapy works well.
I feel like shit! Am I supposed to feel like shit? Would a rational human feel like shit here? They would? Maybe I'm not such a pile of shit after all, and just a human
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in reply to Track_Shovel • • •There are 3 parts to the process. It sounds like you got stuck between 1 and 2.
I've had a few attempts at CBT over the years (ADHD). 2 were completely useless, the 3rd helped a lot. We managed to chunk some of my issues down into small enough pieces I could crush them.
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The mass slaughter of the Epstein class.
I think I could be happy then.
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in reply to HasturInYellow • • •Break it down. What about the Epstein class is actually the problem. What solutions could be applied. How would you break down going about it?
Break it down further into useful goals, then create actionable steps you can take to tackle the various sub points.
It sounds like you've failed with breaking the problem down stage. That is a massive, unsolvable task.
It's like the question "How do you eat an elephant?", A: "One bite at a time". You can't just shove the elephant in your mouth and hope not to choke.
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I've been so foolish. I'll get right on all of this. I need a notebook....
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E.g. I'm a geek and, after moving, wanted to join a local makerspace. Unfortunately there wasn't one. I could have lamented the lack of one. Instead, I put the call out to see if anyone else wanted to start one. The task looked daunting and overwhelming. It was amazing how much effort others were willing to join me in applying to the problem. We've been going strong for a decade now, and it's provided a positive outlet to many.
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in reply to Track_Shovel • • •It's not "gaslighting yourself into being okay". It's more like being real to yourself on what you feel.
I was like this before, and with the benefit of hindsight, that was me in emotional reasoning, "I feel this, therefore it is reality". Your feelings are (and continue to be) valid. At the same time, it can be disconnected to actual observable reality, and at worst, bring your worst fears into a self-fulfilling prophecy: something like "my crush did not reply to me, so I suck as a person, so I don't want to socialize with anyone, because, surely I suck, right?", when in fact, said crush was just having a busy day in their life. CBT techniques can help you move forward and break self-destructive cycles.
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I live in a community full of hippies (for lack of a better word) suffering from it.
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