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Originally Posted by pixiedust72
Yes, you’re right. This is what my therapist does with me. It just feels to me like we’re avoiding the emotion. I’m not usually able to get to the place where I feel like my reaction was not rational with what was going on.
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I really love Artley’s example about reframing and it’s clear how useful that type of exercise could be. But Pixie, despite the value of that kind of work, there might be times that you’re not up for it and that’s okay. You might just need to vent sometimes. People who haven’t been allowed to have all their feelings might need a bit of time to just figure out what emotions even are and how they experience them before they attempt reframing. I don’t know if that’s what you mean by avoiding emotion?