Metacognitive therapy--a little good news in these troubling times

[Dr. Richard Grossman]

Hi everybody,

Here's another kind of cognitive therapy that may be helpful to some during these extraordinarily difficult times:

"Breaking thought patterns increases chances of recovering from depression" by Veronika Søum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-thought-patterns-chances-recovering-depression.html

Take care and hang in there,

Richard

[Hopalong]

Really satisfying article, Doc G.

I majored in rumination and couldn't agree more that learning to let those fears/sadnesses float on ASAP when they occur is the only way out of it. Or actively contradicting them with thoughts in a different direction.

Thanks much for sharing this,

Hops

[Twoapenny]

I've only just got round to reading this, Dr G, thank you.  I am also a great ruminator, although funnily enough I've been doing it far less now that we don't go out much.  I think it might be a stress related thing with me - a negative comfort blanket!  I do agree with the energy it takes to try to change your thought processes.  I can remember telling a therapist once I felt that I needed to think in triplicate - the automatic, often negative thought, along with the 'I shouldn't be thinking like this, I need to change it' thought, also alongside the more constructive or realistic thought.  It's exhausting.  This sounds more like Lighter's 'nose off the pebble' that she's been using a lot lately.  It's helpful to read the article, thank you