Quote:
Originally Posted by Sannah
They might not be based on the reality of today but they were based on a past reality. These thoughts formed in reaction to a situation that you found yourself in.
Yes, but at what costs to our emotional health?
|
They weren't based in reality in the past either. They were distortions even then. If I believed nobody loved me because I was abused, that wasn't based in reality. It's likely that other people loved me but I had generalized it to everyone. If I believed that what was happening was my fault, surely you wouldn't say that was based in reality. That was a distortion of thought.
Working in reality is no cost to emotional health. Why would it be? Is it somehow better to live with our distortions and the pain that they cause rather than look for the truth and be healed?