u/ihaveacrushonmercy

Basically I have been using David Burns CBT for over 15 years now and it has pulled me out of the greatest pits of mental despair. However, I will say I have found the "walls" so to speak. Meaning, there are some problems I keep running in circles around with Burns CBT. I have heard on this sub "acceptance therapy" being mentioned frequently. Are there any books that you recommend that explores this version of CBT?

I haven't been able to find anything confirming it online. I just heard David Burns on the latest Feeling Good podcast make a passing comment that they are going to have to discontinue the app as a project. Maybe he was talking about having to discontinue the free program?

So I've been working on a scene for like 8 years now. You would think the scene was me surviving a plane crash or something. But no, it's just a situation where I accidentally made someone angry and they SLIGHTLY raised their voice at me. Not even anger really, just an increase in tone.

CBT brothers and sisters, I have been twisted up in a pretzel of guilt and shame over this for eight years. And JUST RECENTLY I've been able to even come up with the beliefs that were happening during those few seconds.

Well I'm grateful to be making some progress at all, but still it's difficult to not hold some resentment to myself that I couldn't figure this out earlier.

In other words, being in a reality or state of mind that is separate from normal reality, but not being invisible (you see everyone and everyone sees you). So the protagonist has to play along in a way to not bring up suspicion that they are in another reality.

I know, I know, this sounds too specific...

Another way to describe it is if you've seen the movie TENET, where the protagonist enters a "backwards" reality where time is reversed, but it's alongside normal reality. I just loved that concept so much I was wondering if there was anything else like it out there.

Examples include Saw 2 (when the SWAT team closes is on Jigsaw) The Devil's Rejects, The Dark Knight (when Joker is in jail), and Dark Knight Rises (opening scene).

Apprantly I can't get enough of this schtick.

It is too addicting. If you have a family, do them a favor and warn them if you choose to download this game.

Do you feel relieved to have a go-to universal remedy?

Do you find that it can be generally applied to any ailment you have, like from depression to the common cold?

Do you find that it can work at any potency, from 6C to 10M?