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CBT is not about thinking positively. It is about thinking rationally. Sometimes life is not positive. We must radically accept that and then decide what we are going to do, despite what’s not positive and because of what’s not positive. 2.
“Anger can be expressed through yelling, screaming, or punching, but it can also be expressed through strong, appropriate, nonaggressive, and assertive communication.”
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
“Imagine having a similar conversation with yourself. “I can’t get my eating under control. It’s aggravating to me that I can’t resist tempting foods.” These thoughts are filled with self-doubt and diminish our hopes about making a change. A more helpful thought would be, “I’m feeling frustrated with my struggle to resist tempting foods, yet I can work on ways to overcome this challenge.”
― The Motivational Interviewing Workbook: Exercises to Decide What You Want and How to Get There
― The Motivational Interviewing Workbook: Exercises to Decide What You Want and How to Get There
“If you are able to excel at experiencing anger, that is, if you are able to bring nonjudgmental awareness to the thoughts and physical sensations associated with anger, you will be less reactive to it.”
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
“you are not your thoughts.”
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
“How is anger experienced? What thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations are associated with anger? This is what I mean by experiencing anger. For many people, anger is experienced through strong physical sensations in the body. I might notice, for example, a wave of heat run across my body, or a strong warm sensation in my chest, clenching in my jaw, and tightness in the muscles of my face.”
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
― Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks
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