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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
“Exercise: Radical Acceptance
Now, using the coping statements that you checked, begin radically accepting different moments in your life without judging them. Naturally, it will be difficult to accept very painful situations, so start with smaller events. Here are some suggestions. Check () the ones you’re willing to do, and add any of your own ideas. Then use your coping statements to radically accept the situation without being judgmental or critical.
Read a controversial story in the newspaper without being judgmental about what has occurred.
The next time you get caught in heavy traffic, wait without being critical. Watch the world news on television without being critical of what’s happening.
Listen to a news story or a political commentary on the radio without being judgmental.
Review a nonupsetting event that happened in your life many years ago, and use radical acceptance to remember the event without judging it.”
This is what it says in the DBT workbook.
Lol, I can’t even read the DBT book without being critical of it!  |
Hmm. That to me just sounds like an exercise in not making an inaccurate judgment too quickly of the situation in the news.
My personal opinion though is that as long as you are not hurting anyone, it's fine to be "imperfect" and "judge" the news, unless it's like you are stuck in the negativity all day but that's then its own problem anyway.
And the practicing of making more refined and accurate judgments sounds like a useful exercise. Like solving crosswords, logic questions, and whatever, that kind of exercise. It can certainly help remove you from too much negativity, though I don't think it's going to do magic on its own.
Btw this talks about two types of judgments and only the latter is an issue in DBT:
Two Types of Judgments - DBT Center of the South Bay
I simply call the latter one a generalised personal criticism or a generalised overemotional conclusion. It is the result of dysregulated negative emotion.
Edit: found another article.
When Judgments Get In Your Way - Personality Disorders
Funnily enough, the "bad" example about spending too much money did not include any generalised criticism of the person. Only of the action, it was just stated in a blunt manner.