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Old Aug 19, 2017, 09:08 AM
justafriend306
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Hello. I wish you a better time of it. I am sorry about the bike situation. I'd like though to address your aggravations.

Vernon, is there a prime trigger to this? Something that kicks off the irritability first, leading you to then feed off the additional irritations?

I wonder if you, like myself, have a tendency towards Black and White thinking? The Discounting the Positive thinking style comes to mind too. I recognise this (ie. I too have strong feelings about other persons and their behaviours such as smoking, riding bicycles on the side walk and so forth). I've done some CBT work which has allowed me to recognise this in myself. Sometimes I pull out the pertinent exercises and do a little homework to brush up on the coping skills. It will help.

A really good exercise is to draw up a few lists which makes me see things as they are. In one column I list off the stimuli which are bugging me. Alongside that I note how I react. The next column I make a list of what are the advantages to me of reacting in such manner(s). Finally, what then are the disadvantages to thinking in such way. This might be enlightening. Do think this might be worth a try?

I guess what it comes down to is that you know this thinking pattern doesn't work for you. Are you willing to find a way to deal with and/or change it?
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VernonJenkins
Thanks for this!
VernonJenkins