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Mainstream cognitive behavioral therapy assumes that changing maladaptive thinking leads to change in affect and behavior,[9] but recent variants emphasize changes in one's relationship to maladaptive thinking rather than changes in thinking itself.[10] Therapists or computer-based programs use CBT techniques to help individuals challenge their patterns and beliefs and replace "errors in thinking such as overgeneralizing, magnifying negatives, minimizing positives and catastrophizing" with "more realistic and effective thoughts, thus decreasing emotional distress and self-defeating behavior." [9] These errors in thinking are known as cognitive distortions.
originally posted by: Hefficide
a reply to: nwtrucker
Not only can they name the chemicals in the brain ( dopamine, serotonin, norepinepherine, ect ) and explain how and why they work - they can use cat scans to watch it happening in real time. The only "unknown" is that with some medications they are unsure how and why they effect these chemicals in the manner that they do.
I am not sure where you are getting your information from, but it's incorrect and misleading.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
a reply to: MystikMushroom
I know that CBT is good to start with for mild to moderate depression. We have a constant and unending monologue going on in our heads of self critical comments and self negativity. CBT teaches us to stick up for ourselves, in our own thoughts and with real life bullies.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: Itisnowagain
Want to change your thoughts?
Change your beliefs. Even if you have to lie to yourself in the beginning, just start telling yourself a new belief over and over. Reinforce that new belief every chance you can get. Eventually it'll become a new belief, and new thoughts will spring from that belief.
That's one thing I never seemed to get out of CBT, they never tell you that deeper than your thoughts lie your beliefs. If you can dig down that far and tweak those -- CBT will be 1,000 more effective.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: Itisnowagain
Your thoughts are born from your beliefs.
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: Itisnowagain
Your thoughts are born from your beliefs.
They are not my thoughts - they just happen - I am not doing thought. I am just aware that thoughts happen. Thoughts are very interesting - have you seen one?