CBT tells you to be aware of your surroundings and to question all of your negative thoughts to frame them in a more positive way. The problem I had with it is that all negative thoughts are not invalid, and tricking yourself into thinking they are is basically gaslighting yourself. Also, when I was in a rough spot and having a hard time figuring out what to do, questioning all of my thoughts just led to more distrust in myself, which had a negative effect on my mental health, not positive.
I don’t think CBT is necessarily bad when used in the right situations, but it is definitely not a cure-all like the current buzz about it tries to sell it as and it can absolutely have a negative impact.
It’s interesting as I wonder if that’s what my therapist was going to begin to try. She would try to explain how my thoughts are untrue, but I don’t think that made much sense. What would have made more sense is to accept that there are points to these thoughts and then to try to figure out where to go from there.
Did you find anything in particular that helped you?
CBT tells you to be aware of your surroundings and to question all of your negative thoughts to frame them in a more positive way. The problem I had with it is that all negative thoughts are not invalid, and tricking yourself into thinking they are is basically gaslighting yourself. Also, when I was in a rough spot and having a hard time figuring out what to do, questioning all of my thoughts just led to more distrust in myself, which had a negative effect on my mental health, not positive.
I don’t think CBT is necessarily bad when used in the right situations, but it is definitely not a cure-all like the current buzz about it tries to sell it as and it can absolutely have a negative impact.
It’s interesting as I wonder if that’s what my therapist was going to begin to try. She would try to explain how my thoughts are untrue, but I don’t think that made much sense. What would have made more sense is to accept that there are points to these thoughts and then to try to figure out where to go from there.
Did you find anything in particular that helped you?