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Old Jan 10, 2014, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by splitimage View Post
I read the book / took the quizz about 2 years ago. It was really a revelation to me. I scored off the charts in terms of pessimism. But it was a novel concept to me that I could change my outlook. Since I read the book, I've been using CBT to try to change my thought patterns, and it's slowly working. I really do believe we can change our natural predisposition.

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I just took the test and is rated really pessimistic, not that I am not aware of it. Am really working on correcting my distorted thinking. Sometimes I really doubt I can change the distorted thinking I have had for the past 30 years, but your post gives me hope. Tks for this