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Originally Posted by justafriend306
I took and use my CBT skills. While different from DBT they do share similarities - especially when it comes to dealing with Anxiety.
I've brought up Catastrophic Thinking a few times around the forum. I do so because it is a big part of my own Anxiety thinking and triggers. There are number of tools about working through that - Decatastrophizing worrying situations. It comes down to making lists of worst case scenarios, best case scenarios, and most likely scenarios. The latter is generally considerably longer than the others which for me is quite soothing. The worst case tends to be relatively short surprisingly and is easier to plan for as a result.
here is great worksheet (it's actually a DBT resource):
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sourc...gc40eemSgaXE4A |
Thanks for this. I have a hard time with this. I am always convinced the worse will happen. It's a terrible way to live. I might add that often the worse does
not happen, and, in fact, sometimes something better than anticipated may happen. I simply can't plan for the worst case scenerio because I believe it will happen. For instance, I believed I was going to end up in a terrible new housing situation. I almost got sick with worry. But what happened was I ended up in a better situation than I could ever have anticipated. It is also true I did all the right things like researched online, had my application filled out in advance online, and when I went to look at the place I secured it immediately. I was able to do this because I did my homework and a lot of my questions were already answered. However, I still believe it was just "luck" that got me into a nice place. Hmmm. I think I need more CBT, for sure! Thanks!