Cbt Puns

my heart sinks every time lmao

‘Examine the evidence to see how your negative thinking is irrational’

What am I supposed to do when the evidence supports my negative thoughts 🤨

My girlfriend wants me to get to a place where my anxiety doesn’t exist. Lol. Yea right. She’s supportive but can’t deal with some of my anger around anxiety related things at times. She’s pushing me hard for CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy. Talk therapy. I’m on medication, which does help a lot. I’m hesitant around the therapy though . Not only is it expensive, I’m not convinced that it will change anything. Do any of you have experience with CBT? Would I have to go for a long time to see any benefit? My medical plan has some coverage, but not very much, definitely not enough for long term. Im not against therapy, but I’m also not sure it will do anything. I also really hate opening up to a stranger. Thoughts? I have GAD btw.

After hearing the news about MCE I am suddenly in need of a new policy. MCE’s new underwriters won’t cover me for any sensible price so the next best is GoSkippy. The problem is that their website tells me they won’t quote me. I changed my NCB from 2 years to 1 and suddenly they would (at a very good price). I rung up to enquire and turns out the system is throwing a wobbly because my NCB of 2 years exceeds the length of time that I’ve had my licence (14 months). The person on the phone said there wasn’t anything they could do. Do I throw away a year of NCB to go through with the quote or do I go elsewhere and pay much more? Is falsely lowering your NCB even allowed?

I’m looking into starting CBT for anxiety and panic attacks. Does anyone have any recommendations for therapists or psychologists in Ottawa and can anyone share there experiences with it? If you’ve done CBT in the past, was it worth it for you? I have insurance through my work that covers psychotherapy, so price is not too much of an issue.

I could literally get shot and they’d be like ‘did you try deep breathing???’ ‘how about downloading the app that has literally all its content paywalled???’ 5 years I can’t do this shit anymore lol

I remember when I was completely delusional and legitimately could not hold a pen, let alone write. Kept yelling at me because I couldn’t write positive thoughts

I know both are completely valid exceptional forms of therapy but they just don’t work on me. The only thing keeping me from pulling all my hair out and running around for hours is the frustration I get from all this. Hmm maybe it does work lol

My ability to function and create a decent future for others is in my hands. I just wished my brain worked, I’m going nowhere and probably never going to change. All my goals and future plans are out of the window, I just want to function like any other average person

I've been bullied many times in school and in the workplace. I'm now in my 30s and still struggle with shyness, depression, social anxiety, and have no friends, have never had a girlfriend

I've tried doing things to build my confidence and let go of the past like therapy, meditating, yoga, weightlifting, BJJ, etc. None of them have helped me.

I recently came across Feeling Good book by Burns. It seems like it could potentially be very helpful. It mentions challenging your distorted, all-or-nothing hot thoughts with more realistic thoughts. But I don't know how to come up with a proper response to some of mine

For example, some hot thoughts I have are "My past bullies always only picked on me and were friendly towards everyone else", "Whenever I mention my past bullying, people victim-blame me for looking weak and being an easy target", "weak males who can't get girlfriends are considered the most pitiful and laughable by society", "I've been a pushover/doormat my whole life whereas everyone else is capable of standing up for themselves", "I'm a low-status slave male"

How am I supposed to replace these with "realistic" thoughts if those hot thoughts are already realistic to begin with? Yeah, I could say something like "most people haven't bullied you" which I could then have a counter-hot thought saying "that may be, but you've still experienced far more bullying than most people, especially in adulthood/workplace".

I could also say "despite never having a girlfriend, at least you aren't in a toxic relationship/marriage". But then a counter-hot thought would be "I'm seen as so pathetic by women that I can't even get into a relationship at all, let alone a toxic one"

As for learning martial arts or weightlifting to get stronger, I've already tried those and they haven't helped with my depression. It would probably take at least another year before I get proficient at them enough to feel strong.

Anyone here who has experienced alot of bullying? Did CBT help alot or do you recommend something else?

Hi, curious to see how people interested in psychoanalysis view the so called ‘third wave’ CBT modalities, e.g. DBT, mindfulness-based therapies, ACT, etc. Do they suffer from the same shortfalls as traditional CBT (e.g. being too surface level/manualised) or do you think that they are a step forward for behavioural therapies? i.e. less focused on symptom reduction and more focused on acceptance of symptoms and emotional experience. In particular, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) posits that it is based on a scientific behavioural theory of language (Relational Frame Theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_frame_theory) in order to address previous limitations of Skinner’s behaviourism - do you think there is merit to this in progressing a scientific/behaviourist understanding of psychology? What do you see as the main criticisms of this from a psychoanalytic perspective?

I’ve read critiques of CBT from psychoanalysts but haven’t found much directed at these newer modalities. I’m particularly curious as they seem to be quite popular at the moment. Thanks.

Is it just me or is there anyone else who hates CBT?

It's the most popular therapy method here in the PH, and many professionals recommend CBT but it sucks. In other countries, they offer a variety of therapy approaches but here almost everyone's default is CBT. It sucks.

I frickin hate it. CBT feels so invalidating and impersonal.

So the cbt has been live for about 2 hours now and i see no talk about it here in the sub. i thought id make a quick first impressions/share things about the game.

Story: for the cbt, you adventure as the mc, March 7th, and Danheng on the planet of Jarilo-VI to solve a problem that prevents your team from moving forward on the star rail. You encounter Bronya and her mother who are trying to remove the presence of the seed of ruin from you. you escape, but are taken to the below (the slums basically) and youre trying to get back up to the overworld to finish your mission. Basic we in the slums and need to fix shit type deal

Overworld gameplay: Its quite similar to genshin, just more linear. think of dungeon exploration but each level is connected to each other throughout the story/plot. One character is allowed on the field and can be swapped out at almost any point like in genshin and you can see your ultimate meter's depth. You have your typical genshin waypoints that can heal you but only 5 times and i believe each recharge is about 10 minutes. i dont use it much cuz the game gives you the healer pretty quickly. Theres also a stamina feature similar to resin in genshin called Trailblaze powder thats used to traverse cocoons of distortion. These are basically domains but they drop specific mats used to ascend characters. Theres also Fragmentum Abyss which are rouglelite challenges that focus on defeating enemies in the shortest amount of turns as possible. one turn is similar to a full rotation/round in other turn based games. Other than that, theres the usual character leveling being separated from account leveling.

Combat Gameplay: I really like the turn based gameplay in this game. Before i begin, you can see any enemy on the field before you enter battle. you can see their weaknesses straight from the field. Each enemy is weak to specific elements which there are 7 of them (physical, Fire, ice, lightning, wind, quantum, and imaginary). Each character uses one element and parties consist of 4 members. When you approach an enemy, you want to target with their weakness so you break the enemy and go first. you can also use character action points to give you the upper hand. Daneheng increases attack for 3 turns, mc restores hp over battle, and some characters have regular attacks like march 7th. Each character's movelist is quite small, with a basic attack, skill and ultimate. Breaking happens when you attack an enemy with an elemental weakn

i found out that my new insurance covers mental health. is CBT worth it??? i have terrible health anxiety and it’s getting out of hand again. a lot of irrational fears. i’ve been on lexapro for a year but i don’t think it’s helping that much anymore

With due respect, but seems to me that most of CBT-versed psychotherapists have no clue of what psychopathology and severe mental ilness are. If someone comes to you saying that he/she want to see meaning in life again, because they never felt happiness, why the hell would you base your therapy sessions in "developing skills", or "thinking positive", or "disfunctional thoughts"?

I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong, I'm not english native.

Edit: Now I see, a lot of people will buy anything that carries the sayings "evidence-based" and "achieving goals". And for those who got downvote: keep your condescension and sarcasm to yourself, I asked a legitimate question, were it obvious I wouldn't have come here to ask.

After failing my driving test many times i've given up, but would like to be able to get about on my own so was thinking about taking the CBT course (apparently hard to fail) and then just riding around forever on a L plates on a 125cc. I'm OK with that

I've never been on a bike and know nothing about it, but asssumed that was the whole point of teh CBT?

However, I was looking at booking one earlier and went to the website of a place local to me, and it reads:

>This booking is for: Compulsory Basic Training Course (CBT) Duration: 5 - 7 hours dependant on rider experience or course completion Number of people on course: MAXIMUM 2 STUDENTS WITH 1 INSTRUCTOR ALL DAY LONG! Suitable for: People that can already ride a motorcycle or scooter NOT Suitable for: People that have no or little experience on a motorcycle or scooter. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO RIDE A BICYCLE COMPETENTLY! If you cannot ride a bicycle, your training will be cancelled on safety grounds and all fees lost! Price including bike hire and full safety equipment : £149 on Weekdays or £169 Weekends or Bank holidays. Price using you own bike: £120 on Weekdays or £140 Weekends or Bank Holidays

So NOT suitable for people like me with no experience?

I'm confused lol

Just took my CBT today and passed it :) But I'm just wondering if I had a bad instructor?

So, there were 4 of us students there. 2 on 50cc mopeds and me and another guy on 125cc geared bikes. He set everyone up with helmets and gloves and reflective bibs and we all got in his van to go to the local high school to use the bikes off road.

He got all the bikes down off the trailer and was showing us around the bikes and things you need to check daily and weekly. First annoying thing he did was light up a cigarette which I know we are outside and everything, but it was blowing in all our faces and just wasn’t very nice.

He got us all going around in circles which was alright because I have ridden a bike once before so knew the basics. But the other guy on the 125 was having trouble with the gears and he was swearing and just being a jerk about it.

After a while of this I could tell he was really getting under this guy’s skin and really putting him off. He got us all to stop and he swapped him with a guy on a 50cc bike instead and started asking him if he has any mental health issues that could be causing him to be nervous. Which was a bit of a personal question. He didn't answer the question and just said he didn’t have anything diagnosed.

When we moved on to emergency stops, I was having trouble getting the clutch and breaks in the right order and he was cussing again which was quite off putting. He then got us to ride back to the school for lunch.

He very quickly skimmed over the highway code saying we should have looked at all of this before. Luckely, I have because I'm learning to drive a car, but the other guys might not have and have no idea. One of the 50cc guys went home because he was finishing his CBT tomorrow. The guy that was originally going to ride a 125 also went home because he wasn’t ready to go on the road. So, it was just me and one of the guys that was originally going to do a 50cc now doing a 125cc scooter.

We went on the road for about an hour and that was it. We stopped half way in so we could ring home and let parents know when we needed picking up.

Looking back at the day I think he was honestly a bad instructor. He kept saying how he was too old for this, and he was bored. He also used his ex-wives to demonstrate a crash and was saying some not so nice stuff about them. He just seemed very unprofessional.

I have listed some things below on what I think was wrong.

• His overall attitude to teaching
• Swearing and Smoking
• No

I am confused why the mps is higher - as I passed in December 2020. My results from December 2020:

https://imgur.com/a/gS7Dn7s

After looking at several other people’s screenshots I am appalled how high the new MPS is around 72%. I only got above 70% for 4 subjects. I just roughly calculated my score to be ~74% on the 2020 exam, so I would have narrowly passed the new exam. Is the new exam really easier or are they making it harder to obtain a CFA? I am curious what people’s thoughts are.

I hate this stupid cycle. When I try and do what he asks, I get so many symptoms and medication doesn’t help, resulting back to a quiet dark room. He also thinks I have issues with my joints and muscles because I don’t use them, not for the fact they’re a symptom of the condition 😞 (For context, he’s told me I’m severe several times)

EDIT: ironically I missed my session today because I had a PIP assessment and crashed afterwards 😂 (Low-key annoyed because I showered for it too and that takes ALOT of energy but also kinda funny)