Posted by sid on January 31, 2002, at 0:32:47
In reply to Re: David Burns « therese desqueroux, posted by Dr. Bob on January 30, 2002, at 19:03:43
> > I am not saying that CBT is worthless to all individuals, but rather that for people trapped in painful,seemingly endless ruminations, it is not effective. It does not teach you to interrupt the thought.
Well, I don't know how it happened (as it tells you to stop the thought but not how), but I've learned to do it. It took time, but now I do it all the time.
I can understand your frustration with CBT, I was frustrated at times too, but I think it helped me during my major depression. I guess we're not all the same. I did choose the exercises or therapist's homeworks I would do. Some of it got on my nerves or I'd go: OK, I get the point, no need to do this first grader homework, what's next? I did fight with a therapist about a homework that I did not want to do and did not do. I had gotten the point and that was sufficient for me. He would not accept that and kept coming back with this idea. But I resisted. It was nothing fantastic, just cost money and would have used too much of my time while the benefits were mostly obtained just by getting the point as I had already. So yeah, there was frustration at times.
Oh well...
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