Being CHeerful

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I'm reading this book about how to beat depression and anxiety by changing your thoughts an attitudes. Its written by a cognitive based M.D. of psychiatry. Its logical, but I can hardly imagine anyone WANTING to do the things he says to do, like think " WHat are my mental distortions that are causing such-and-such feelings?" It seems liek the only way to be cheerful in life is to be a littel insane , blind, and maybe drunk

― Mike Hanle y, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

especially drunk.

― tim, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was extremely helfpul for me - probably because i had 4 motnhs of it in the clinic, 2 sessions a day. It's helpful in terms of rationalising yr irrational thoughts, the thoughts the CBT alleges cause yr behaviour/feelings...

In terms of it's dicursive nature, well yes certainly, it's a way of repositioning/refocussing things, but it's a huge step on from power of positive thinking...

mind you, in my darkest days in the clinic, when called on to show how effective it was, i persuaded a group of depressives/bipolars that suicide was a rational behavioural response...hmm, wasn't too popular amongst the medical staff that day.

― Geoff, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like to be cheerful...I guess it's sometimes delussional, but it does really lift my mood. Being too sane is the worst thing you could ever b.

― james, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Geoff
I as well convinces the depressives at the hospital to consider sucide as a viable clinical option, they confiscated my Camus
CBT worked for me but i tend to be very verbal , if you are not good at talking you are fucked.

― anthony, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm glad rational emotive therapy worked for some people. I wouldn't characterise myself as clinically depressed so maybe I am just looking at it the wrong way, but this book I am reading is intended for the general public.

― Mike Hanle y, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

bloody clinic supervisors - no bloody respect for existentialism is what i say.

― Geoff, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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