Posts Tagged ‘cognitive distortion’
Find Solutions in the “Worst Case Scenario”
“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” – C.S. Lewis Life rarely goes exactly as planned, even for the most conscientious people. Sometimes life’s surprises are joyous, such as falling in love…
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“The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein In my last post, “How to Challenge Cognitive Distortions – Part One,” we began to explore some common types of cognitive distortions and the accompanying challenge(s) to each. Just about all of us…
Read MoreHow to Challenge Cognitive Distortions – Part One
“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” – Voltaire Our experience itself is not responsible for how we feel… it is our thoughts that assign meaning to and interpret our experience. These meanings and interpretations – the stories we tell ourselves – result in the experience of emotion. We all have an enormous…
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