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I'm just curious what you mean by how CBT makes you feel. It's just a way to train you to think about things in a different way.
It always just feels like "have you tried not being bothered by that?" Maybe ive gotten bad therapists, but I'm just not vibing with it.
I agree with this. I had 2 CBT therapists before my current therapist and both times it felt really condescending/invalidating to me. Questions like “have you considered that your anxiety is not rational?” felt really off the mark and when I said “yeah of course I know it’s not rational,” they didn’t have anything to add beyond that. It wasn’t helpful to me at all.
Oh absolutely. Telling me this isn't rational isn't helpful, I know it's not rational. Thats why I'm in therapy, isn't it? It just seems to boil down to "don't think bad thoughts" which like GOD I wish it was that easy.