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Originally Posted by SoupDragon
Hi Dr Frank - thanks for sharing that. I guess for me that is the total opposite of what I am learning to do with mindfulness, in not labelling or judging my thoughts or myself - maybe it is useful for some people but not those who are already good at being very self critical and who "punish" themselves - I think this may increase SI with me if I were to get it "wrong".
SD
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Me, too. I've been taught to notice the feelings and not judge them as "negative" and thus get annoyed w/ myself for having them. At the same time, I should not act on them or feed into them. If I make this into a self-critique, then I have difficulties differentiating between *I* am bad for having negative feelings vs. these negative feelings are bad to have. Not fighting them, but redirecting my attention to more positive places has been useful. I also can't imagine yelling at myself any more than I do! This is not how I (or anyone else) best get through to myself, change neural pathways or behaviors...
I'm wondering what school of thought this technique comes from and to what type of people it is directed?