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Originally Posted by Le.Monsieur.S
I am reading Feeling Good by Dr. David Burns, and one of things I learned yesterday from him is that knowing what is causing your problems doesn't usually help solving it. It gives you insight, but probably not a solution. I tend to agree with him. May be you are more reflective and intellectual than me, but for me, especially right now in my closed perception to reality, I need more practical steps to gradually overcome my subconscious impulses, and not just knowing that they are the cause of my issues and my feelings about them. I appreciate your input, though.
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Vive la différence! I know a lot of people who swear by Dr. Burns' variety of CBT, you're surely in excellent hands.  For me I think that the better I understand the brain, the kinder I can be to it and myself in the process. My old noggin works hard and deserves the best love I can muster up, which I suppose in my case is somewhat nerdy in nature. 
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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