Rapunzel, I’ve just got a question about the ‘taking action’, once a distortion has been labelled / identified. I hope maybe you could help?

I’ll use a concrete example. Say someone views themselves negatively. Dunno, someone thinks they are worthless. Life & past experiences ‘confirmed’ this. So, first question. Since this is not a specific instance but an amalgamation of past or ongoing events, how do you address something general rather than the concrete examples mentioned in this thread (so as to be able to take action)? Sorry, I’m just trying to understand how the ‘taking action’ should proceed (general vs. specific issue).

Secondly, if you are now persuaded you are worthless etc., how do you counter this negative thinking if you don’t believe (and are not convinced) in the positive – e.g. “I am not a worthless waste of space”… Isn’t there a conflict between the subjective (the “I am worthless”) and objective (“I am not worthless”) parts. And believing the objective part, or making it subjective is the problem. How can one convince themselves of something if they don’t believe in? And if life events disprove this objective thinking?

Sorry, I am not sure if any of this makes sense or maybe I am way off tangent here…