#cognitive behavior therapy

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If you've been harmed by cbt, I see you. You're valid, and you do not deserve to be subjected to more clumsy attempts. Just because The System(TM) claims cbt is a magical perfect cure for all mental troubles doesn't mean that's true for you, in your current place and time. I wish you strength and patience in all things, but especially in finding a healing path that respects you as a person.

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Behavioral Principles:

Specific Antecedents result in specific Behaviors in individuals, which have Consequences.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapists: Yes. It is also important to compile internal “antecedents,” including common thoughts and reactions, in order to…

Applied Behavioral Analysts: If I as the analyst can’t witness it, it doesn’t matter.

CBT: …… I’m sorry, what?

ABA: I can’t prove internal stuff exists, therefore it’s not scientific, therefore it’s not important.

CBT: …. Ok no. Even non-verbal individuals have…

ABA: I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist, and doesn’t matter. All I care about are the behaviors.

CBT: Yes, but behaviors can be caused by…

ABA: External stimuli. People react to antecedents, do behaviors, it’s all observable, learn science you heathen.

CBT: ….. Ok. You can’t really be saying you yourself do not have internal antecedents including memories….

ABA: Only what I can see matters. I’m the most important person in the equation.

CBT: ….

ABA: We’re the only righteous and scientific people in Psychology.

CBT: You’re fucking assholes who shouldn’t be allowed within 5 feet of a real human being.

(This is based on the 400 ABA course I took for my Community Psychology Bachelors. Fuck the ABA practitioners that use this philosophy, and yes they exist, my tenured professor of the class was besties with a major advocate of this school of ABA…)

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Don’t you just loveeeeee when hotch is like a father to the BAU team😌

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General thoughts on 813 so far, aka my musings on ZZH and mindfulness tips

Feel free to skip bc this doesn't contain much new information lol.

On the topic of the recent slanderous article

As of May 25, 2022, ZZH's name is still being smeared, this time from a government news outlet. I won't mention what was in it because it's just more vague slander anyway, and who really needs that?

The author of said article, however, has been shown to be one of CAPA's cronies and has published these highly biased articles before. So does he really represent the government's view of ZZH? I don't really know. But it adds to my assumption that there are many hands in the CN government fighting for dominance/relevance. As much as the CN government likes to emphasize their unity and single-minded party values, I highly doubt it is as unified as we think. As with any government on the face of the earth.

Of course with any outlet continuing to slander ZZH, it comes with a lot of anger. Justified anger. So it was nice to see/hear other people in this fandom expressing their anger at the situation, just to know I'm not alone in cussing it out. The recent twitter space hosted by bluebirdmuppet was a nice thing to listen to :)

2. Helplessness and fan wars

I know a lot of fans have left this fandom because of the extreme toxicity, and the devastating events unfolding from 813 and beyond. And it's fine to leave, as I always emphasize. But I'd like to add a reminder: you're never as helpless as you think. You control your own thoughts, your own reactions to those thoughts, your own reactions to media, and you control the power you give them. Whether to give them the power over you, or to use your precious time and attention for other means. To center yourself again, and then affect change.

As someone who's had to study a lot of cognitive-behavioral therapy, in terms of my own anxiety and intrusive thoughts, it works like this:

You have a thought - it could be a full sentence, a fragment, or a mental image. Let's say it's "how unfair it is for ZZH right now."

Then a feeling - more importantly, it's not the emotion, like anger. It's your reaction. Your heart racing, blood pounding in your ears, tension in your muscles. It can leave you feeling very tired, fatigued. Especially after thinking about how unfair ZZH has been treated.

Then a behavior - You might avoid social media for the day, or treat yourself to some bubble tea, or quit the fandom altogether. Or it could make you desperate and start to believe in the ZSJ conspiracy.

At every step, if you give yourself five minutes to breathe, you can stop yourself from going down a bad negative feedback loop. I think it's normal actually for most people to have the thought > feel stressed > have a nice bubble tea to relax lol. And that's not bad! Some people might practice avoidance to spare their mental health. But it doesn't solve the problem, imo. Some people use their behavioral step to buy GJ merch, or do retail therapy. And that's good too, within your means of course.

I personally feel very sad if all of ZZH's fans turn toxic, or give into the negative feedback loop and participate in damaging behavior (to him and themselves). And also if when ZZH does come back, and I believe he WILL, that there won't be many fans left to support his comeback. That's what concerns me.

So! Here are just some mindfulness tips. The next time you feel a bit sad about the news or overwhelmed (being someone in the USA, yes the gun violence that has happened in the span of one week is horrific), try these things:

Give yourself five minutes to just breathe and take in how you're feeling. Just note that your heart is pounding, that things feel kind of eh. No need to judge yourself for it. Just feel it and let it pass.

Then ask yourself, what happened? Just the facts. Ex. saw an article with some bad news today.

Then ask, what kind of reaction did you have or are you having? Ex. I feel like my heart is beating faster.

Focus on the present moment and focus on how you're feeling physically.

Decide on a behavior. Ex. I'm going to take a walk, or I'm going to listen to some soothing music.

Come back to the topic at a later time when you've calmed down and just take note of the facts, that's all.

I think with the super fast pace of news nowadays, it's very easy to become overwhelmed with hate and spite and sadness. But I want to emphasize that your ultimate power is yours and yours alone. You can choose how to react and what behavior you want to take. And then another step. And another step. It's okay to feel kind of sad and sullen about it, but it's cool that you have the power to slow yourself down. And then speed yourself up when you're ready.

You gotta believe in your own power, or else who will?

More resources on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Practicing Mindfulness

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Genuinely don’t know how to get people to understand that CBT when you have undiagnosed ADHD is just being taught to gaslight yourself

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Look if you want a proper therapy that treats autistic people humanely try cognitive behaviour therapy, solution focused therapy, speech therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach them empathy, boundaries and emotional intelligence. DBT is especially helpful in teaching self control, reducing anxiety, anger management skills and building empathy.

Do not under any circumstances use ABA, electrocuting, beating and starving them is violenceand abuse, and it does nothing for them.

Contrary to what some horrendous online news articles think, plenty of autistic people do want to form friendships, date, and get fulfilling jobs. And the ones who prefer to be alone and non verbal still deserve dignity and respect anyway.

Usually when autistic people can't follow instructions it's not from defiance or cruelty, but because people's instructions are too damn vague for them. So give clear and specific instructions, and explain why things are done that way (example: you can say things are done a certain way to save time, to avoid harming people, to make people feel safer).

Plenty of autistic people do have ptsd and complex ptsd if they come from traumatic backgrounds, so online and offline clinicians who say otherwise are sorely mistaken.

This is directed at all horrendous online articles that say you never should explain to autistic people why rules and laws are created ever. Oh, and autistic people should be allowed to ask questions to stand up for themselves and stand up for other people. That's non negotiable.

This is my personal opinion and not the personal opinion of any health service.