Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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I asked a Catholic friend who kindly offered to ask several Catholic theologians if it was okay to fantasize about Jesus having sex with the Virgin Mary in all the positions of the Kama Sutra. They agreed to debate the topic and came up with this unanimous conclusion: Cognitive flooding would be okay if the goal was healing and not entertainment.
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― Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
― Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
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A useful first step is to reverse engineer the situation back to the triggering event and to define the specific problem you are facing. You can then determine options for handling it. The various manifestations of anger reflect a sense that something is “not fair,” which is related to a should statement, such as “this should not happen.” Dealing with “shoulds” involves acknowledging that you obviously are not happy that something happened, but that you must still face the fact that it did happe
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― The Adult ADHD Tool Kit
― The Adult ADHD Tool Kit