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Old Feb 24, 2012, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by melissa.recovering View Post
I have just thought...what if I tried to use this technique on a friend or family member's thoughts? For example...

Friend: Melissa, I've been thinking of cutting myself...I don't know what to do.
My Response: SHUT UP. Enough of that, think of something better. NOW!

Seems harsh to do it to someone else, why should we be that harsh on ourselves?
Perhaps it's the words that are wrong. I tell my paranoid fantasies: "Don't be silly!"

Actually I did that for only a week, and that was after the hard work had already been done in therapy. But "don't be silly" was the phrase that finally dispelled them.
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