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Originally Posted by Onward2wards
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.
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If I understand your comment I agree.
For example, positive affirmations have been working well for me.
I don't consider them that I creating a positive false reality for myself to replace the negative false reality of depression.
However I do recognize that depression creates a false reality by imposing a negative filter over every one of my daily experiences.
The purpose and focus of my affirmations (and of practicing my DBT skills) is to counteract and hopefully defeat that negative filter.
At first they are a form of creating a mask but the goal and hopefully longterm effect is to help destroy that negative filter and let something closer to reality through.
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