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Originally Posted by Sannah
If you want permanent and healthy change I feel that you must have understanding. This is a good question canary. For myself, they were both important. None of my change occurred without understanding.
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same here (don't faint Sannah!
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I've known for a long time, although inarticulately, obscurely, that things needed changing; but I was always unable to make the changes, since I understood nothing.
WIth the understanding that I am finding in therapy, it's as if I have the weapons, or tools if you prefer, to work on changes. And actually I think some changes happen automatically. Even I can tell that reduction of long buried anger, for example, has a significant effect on energy level and ability to deal with situations in new, healthier ways.