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Originally Posted by melissa.recovering
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?
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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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