10 Day three. So we talked incessantly about what happened last night. We have a group with the guy I saw before, last night. He introduces himself as Jim, then starts writing on a huge pad of papers on a stand. He draws a triangle. Writes “thoughts” at one point of the triangle, “emotions” at another point, “behaviors” at the third. He goes on a little while about obvious things like “thoughts, feelings and behaviors rely on each other.” He calls what he is going to do today Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, says a form of it is more recently known as Rational Emotive Therapy. He hands out papers telling us how to be more constructive and less negative, listing and explaining examples of things we say, think, feel and do that don’t get us anywhere. When we get to the “should statements” part of it Jim says passionately, “'Should’ing is a form of violence. It really is.” Finally, I can confirm that I’m not the only one that thinks so, but that professionals think s...
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