embracing irrational thought
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was wondering if anyone here could help me understand why I choose to embrace irrational thought patterns even when I can see that they are irrational. Thanks Perhaps habit? This was what it was for me anyway. Making changes is often scary… — Patricia X-No-Archive: yes is in the headers "Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything– That’s how the light gets in…" Leonard Cohen
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you are human. Luke
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was wondering if anyone here could help me understand why I choose to embrace irrational thought patterns even when I can see that they are irrational. Thanks
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They say your mind gets beaten into submission and just carries on in this beaten form..at least that’s my version of what they told me. Of course this doesn’t mean you were physicaly beaten (I think), I’m pretty sure I was more neglicted than hit as a child-I can’t really remember much before 12-but I do remember watching T.V a lot, by myself alone in the house…tho’ they say that bed wetting and alcoholism are signs of child abuse…whatever your cause it’s basicly just another one of those: sins of the father reflected on the child (or whatever that saying is). Cloudface "The worker bees can leave even the drones can fly away the queen is their slave" Fightclub Get paid cash every time you receive email! Sign up FREE at: http://www.MintMail.com/?m=1218474
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Was wondering if anyone here could help me understand why I choose to embrace irrational thought patterns even when I can see that they are irrational. Thanks
there are a number of reasons that people (not necessarily you) embrace irrational thought patterns even when they can see that they are irrational. irrational thought patterns can be very comforting, allowing us to fool ourselves that we have control over things that we don’t have control over, or allowing us to fool ourselves into believing we don’t have control over things that we do have control over. sometimes, we embrace irrational beliefs because they provide us with reasons not to change our behaviours and in ways that we know we need to, but in ways that make us afraid. sometimes, we use irrational beliefs as excuses so that we don’t need to face the "real" reasons we are acting as we do. you might find it valuable, when you look at your irrational beliefs, to ask yourself what behaviours you are using those beliefs to justify. ask yourself what the real reasons for those behaviours, when you set aside your irrational beliefs as irrational. what behaviours are you using the irrational beliefs to justify? maybe, looking at the question from that direction might be helpful for you. postmail — c e
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Was wondering if anyone here could help me understand why I choose to embrace irrational thought patterns even when I can see that they are irrational. Thanks
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Thanks for the input. Things had be fine for several years now. Each time I felt myself falling prey to irrational thought I simply removed myself from the trigger, told myself I was being irrational, and went on my merry way. Problem solved. This time it’s not working and I’m creating bigger and bigger distances between myself and the people who help me the most. A punishment of sorts. Just confused about who I’m punishing. http://community.webtv.net/in2light/BriasPics
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was wondering if anyone here could help me understand why I choose to embrace irrational thought patterns even when I can see that they are irrational. Thanks there are a number of reasons that people (not necessarily you) embrace irrational thought patterns even when they can see that they are irrational. irrational thought patterns can be very comforting, allowing us to fool ourselves that we have control over things that we don’t have control over, or allowing us to fool ourselves into believing we don’t have control over things that we do have control over. sometimes, we embrace irrational beliefs because they provide us with reasons not to change our behaviours and in ways that we know we need to, but in ways that make us afraid. sometimes, we use irrational beliefs as excuses so that we don’t need to face the "real" reasons we are acting as we do. you might find it valuable, when you look at your irrational beliefs, to ask yourself what behaviours you are using those beliefs to justify. ask yourself what the real reasons for those behaviours, when you set aside your irrational beliefs as irrational. what behaviours are you using the irrational beliefs to justify? maybe, looking at the question from that direction might be helpful for you.
Damn sometimes you simply blow me away. Sincerely Stewart —
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Was wondering if anyone here could help me understand why I choose to embrace irrational thought patterns even when I can see that they are irrational. Thanks
If I could answer that, I’d have the answer to many of my problems! I often have been able to see that the way I’m thinking is illogical and irrational, yet I still seem to cling to it. I have begged my therp to tell me how to jetison those thoughts and instead use the more rational and logical thoughts we construct together. So far all I’ve found is that I believe him more than I do myself about these things, and that sheer repetition on his part is useful. Fiona
