Thanks for the resource. The list is indeed helpful and a good start if one is able to have enough distance to recognize the distortion.
In my case it was so all encompassing (drowned in the noise) that behavioral therapy just increased my paranoia and made me more unstable. At some point I decided to dig deeper and then it 'clicked' and a overwhelming torrent of emotions got released.
I guess everyone's journey is different on that one. Some are more in tune with themselves and just need to establish healthy habits to get back on track, which is already hard enough. Others need to confront whatever they are suppressing with all its built up energy (mostly since childhood) and can only then - after integrating - unlock and access the healthy habits routine otherwise they will be helplessly stuck in undermining themselves.
But I agree not everyone needs to confront their demons - so to speak before trying out straightforward methods from behavioral therapy. If you are open and/or desperate enough, you will know if that is the case, is an organic process, albeit very painful.
> I guess everyone's journey is different on that one.
Sounds like your experience is more on the uniquely difficult side; I've been advocating and seeing very positive results from at least a dozen peers since I learned of this method 20+ years ago. For most people, including myself, it was like figuring out a confident is a liar, so one stops listening. Simply not listening to the negative self talk triggers it's own outlook rewiring, typically positively. That negative voice gets humiliated and shuts down.
In my case it was so all encompassing (drowned in the noise) that behavioral therapy just increased my paranoia and made me more unstable. At some point I decided to dig deeper and then it 'clicked' and a overwhelming torrent of emotions got released. I guess everyone's journey is different on that one. Some are more in tune with themselves and just need to establish healthy habits to get back on track, which is already hard enough. Others need to confront whatever they are suppressing with all its built up energy (mostly since childhood) and can only then - after integrating - unlock and access the healthy habits routine otherwise they will be helplessly stuck in undermining themselves.
But I agree not everyone needs to confront their demons - so to speak before trying out straightforward methods from behavioral therapy. If you are open and/or desperate enough, you will know if that is the case, is an organic process, albeit very painful.