Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Temporary thread

[happywithchange]

Yes CBT gives the tools to prevent ruminating. Over-analysis. Negative thinking. Circuitous thinking always leading down the same path. For me my thought process happened the same way every time. And always led to the same conclusion and outcome. A Panic attack. CBT taught me how to step out of the situation and watch it evolve, and how to step in and stop it. Concentrating so much on watching it evolve actually stopped the evolution for me. And it's not just for panic but any subconscious thinking that just seems to pop up out of nowhere. I am just so much more aware of myself talking to myself.

Hopefully Gardener you can find a good program like I did. Which also helped work on the things that lead to depression, anxiety or any other negative behavior. I didn't just get the tools for thinking, they consistently questioned me about my sleeping (big one) and eating habits, not drinking etc. All the things that are so important to living a healthy lifestyle. So really they worked on the whole me while teaching me the tools to control my thoughts and feelings and the behaviors resultant from them. Also I have to say the the book Hold on to your NUTS is a great book. That with going to AA is helping me become the man I have always had deep inside of me. I'm not sure I would have been able to silence my inner child if it weren't for CBT though. I could talk about this for days on end because it is fascinating to me.

As for my sitch, I will update it one of these days. But right now I am simply enjoying life day to day. I'm still as a happy as a clam. (are clams really that happy?)