bbatv

@bbatv

I'm a 20 year old physics student who loves making music under the name bbatv. I'm just about to release my second solo album "PEACE is king here", so if you're into ambient/post rock or just want something to listen to while you're working stick around. I'd love it if you liked my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/banjobobandthevoices

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Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job, or broken up with someone. But these experiences carry with them feelings. Depression, instead, is flat, hollow, and unendurable. It is also tiresome. People cannot abide being around you when you are depressed. They might think that they ought to, and they might even try, but you know and they know that you are tedious beyond belief: you are irritable and paranoid and humorless and lifeless and critical and demanding and no reassurance is ever enough. You’re frightened, and you’re frightening, and you’re “not at all like yourself but will be soon,” but you know you won’t.

Kay Redfield Jamison (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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A Truly Happy Person …

1. Is able to experience a whole range of emotions. He or she is authentic and doesn`t wear a mask. They don`t always seem upbeat, or are never, ever down. Also they don’t project their moods and their feelings onto others, or blame other people if they’re having a bad day.

2. Is able to appreciate the beauty of others, and is happy for them when successes come their way. They are someone who’s secure in their own identity - and doesn’t need to criticise, or want others to fail.

3. Can let offenses go, and doesn’t take things personally. That’s because they have a healthy, and balanced, self-esteem.

4. Is concerned when others suffer and will offer them support. This person’s a true friend and, thus, they truly care for you.

5. Is not in competition with others in their life. They compete against themselves, and try to raise their own bar high.

6. Doesn’t magnify the bad or distort reality. They work on their shortcomings, and they recognise their strengths.

7. Appreciates the small things, and can make the most of “now”. They’re not tripped up the past or are quick to run ahead. They know that both these matter – but what right now’s “today”.

avpdcommunity

When “walking the middle path”, or finding the balance with black-and-white thinking, it’s important to distinguish potentially harmful thinking patterns. Above is a list of the common thinking patterns that DBT tries to combat.

Addressing the pattern is one of the most important steps towards recovery. It can be hard to separate disordered thinking, especially when it’s come out of a learned behaviour; sometimes seeing it on paper helps.