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Tag: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Why We Tend Not to Challenge Our Core Beliefs about the World and Ourselves

When I was an undergraduate student, my ancient philosophy professor told us: Don’t ever become satisfied; otherwise, you’ll become complacent. … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Philosophy, Psychology

I’m Not Enough: Why Feeling Like You’re Good Enough Shouldn’t Be Your Only Goal

“I hear what you’re saying, and I can see what I’ve done, but why don’t I feel it?” How many … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Growth, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Self-Esteem

Punishing Myself: Why We’re So Hard on Ourselves and How We Can Stop

Can you recall a time in your life when you let down someone whom you admired? When you did, what … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Growth, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, Punishment

The Hindsight Bias and Personalization: Why Our Minds Naturally Prefer Misery to Fear

The Hindsight Bias, according to Kendra Cherry, is “the tendency people have to view events as more predictable than they … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Biases, Depression, Hindsight Bias, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Perfectionism

The Myth of Sainthood: Why You and I Will Always Be Works-In-Progess

I’m a contradiction. To reduce my psyche to any particular set of traits is impossible, because I’m often one person … More

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Perfectionism, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy

The False Beliefs of the Grass is Greener Syndrome: Why Settling Can Be Good for You

On the episode “Mind and the Matter” of The Twilight Zone, the protagonist, Archibald Beechcrot, a misanthrope, wills humanity’s disappearance. … More

CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dating, Depression, Growth, Mental Health, Personal Development, Psychology

Self-Sabotage and Negative Core Beliefs: How Our Thinking Saves Us From Experiencing Pain

“When it comes to love… there is nothing to “force my assent.” I have to give my assent before sufficient … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Growth, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Self Sabotage, Social Anxiety

Reconceptualizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: How Changing the Way We View Distorted Thinking Can Help Us Heal (Revised)

My clients, especially the heterosexual males, conceive of therapy as a training ground, as a means of discipline and mastery. … More

ACT, Anxiety, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness

Why Psychotherapy Can’t, and Shouldn’t, Make You Happy

“While the daimonic (your dark emotions and impulses) cannot be said to be evil in itself, it confronts us with … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Happiness, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Psychotherapy

In Defense of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Against Depressive Realism

Words matter. When we’re happy, we’re more likely to uncritically internalize positive feedback; and when we’re sad, or depressed, more … More

CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Depressive Realism, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Philosophy
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