Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: Dr. Richard Grossman on September 26, 2020, 11:57:12 AM
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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
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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
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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 :)