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Old Jun 02, 2016, 08:02 PM
Onward2wards Onward2wards is offline
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Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst View Post
How can we be sure that "thinking in Nondepressed" isn't just deluding ourselves? Telling ourselves shiny, pretty lies to get through the day and blend in with other deluded people?
Shiny, pretty lies that other people also use is denial - socially accepted denial, but denial nonetheless. "Thinking in Nondepressed" to me means ditching both excessively negative assumptions as well as defenses aimed at making those assumptions more bearable.