How many thoughts should I put in my thoughts record for each session? (we do it twice a month) submitted by /u/Due-Lion10 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

TDLR - I'd love feedback on my app. I hope it's ok to post this. I DM'ed the mods a while ago but didn't get a reply yet. I created a mobile app to help practice CBT. It's built upon an abandoned open source CBT app but is quite different from it now. Recently, I launched version 2.0 which includes several new features. The one I'm most excited about is an "AI help" (yes, AI again..) that analyses your automatic thought, then identifies and explains the cognitive distortions in it. For the English speaking users there are many CBT apps, most are better than mine. Mine was created mainly as an ..read more

Sometimes, I’ll have a general idea such as “I know this upcoming trip is causing me anxiety.“ but I still can’t find a tangible thought to try and dispute. For example, I’m not afraid of flying or anything like that, but I just have a general anxiety about the trip as a whole. Often the anxiety is so ambiguous yet intense that when I try to find a thought to dispute, I feel like I’m inauthentically, forcing words onto an emotion and therefore disputing them doesn’t really help at all because I don’t think it is addressing the root of whatever is causing this anxiety. What do you do when you ..read more

I’ve always struggled with self-esteem, setting boundaries and getting stressed out for trivial reasons. I’m trying to get better but it’s a daily struggle. I feel really down on a recent incident and would appreciate if someone can help me think rightly through this. I was supposed to travel out of state for a business meeting (not super critical, can be done remote) and due to a personal issue I cannot go. The personal matter is not serious but if I hadn’t taken care of it, I would not have peace of mind. The manager of the department I was supposed to meet called me up and showed extreme d ..read more

I've struggled with perfectionism-based OCD for many years. I easily get stuck on catastrophic thoughts, and with therapy, have learned to work through (as best as I can!) re-appraising them. The OCD will never go away, but I've learned to keep it at bay. Given how helpful thought records/thought re-appraisal has been for me, I actually made a digital tool for myself that helps me reframe a worry, and then chart an action plan. Would anyone here be interested in "testing" it, to see if it's helpful for them? I'm considering opening it up to more people, but want to first get some other folks ..read more

I’m sure I developed it after the bad childhood social interactions with my family and friends. Especially my mom and dad and brother made me feel like social interactions are bullshits and not worthy. They treated me like shit. I stopped talking with my brother since 8 and it made me feel really great. From those experiences my brain is probably believing isolation from human connection equals to happiness and freedom and peace. I wanna change that. Being alone is way too comfortable now, it’s dangerous. I can’t understand people who suffers from being lonely. I wish I could feel that instea ..read more

How do people do it and what are the challenges that are faced? submitted by /u/_outofmana_ [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I suffer from mood swings and seasonal depression. I have always had trouble controlling my emotions. Psychiatrists don't know what condition I have, so they treat symptoms instead. I have done extensive therapy and I've tried to implement CBT techniques for years. It always feels like, when I need them most, when I am really struggling to maintain my calm, the techniques fail me. I will continue to get worse despite using every technique I can remember. So, I regularely give up on practicing CBT. If it only works for problems I can handle without it, what's the point? And therapists will tel ..read more

Hi! Im from the UK and getting fed up of having 1-2 nightmares every single night with no break. I actually thought it was normally until online told me that people have them once a week or even once a month but of course can vary. I almost always get the full 8 hours sleep but feel absolutely drained when I wake up rather than refreshed and more recently losing my productivity at work because I’m tired. I am assuming the nightmares are giving me a restless sleep, I can remember almost all details when waking up and most times wake up sweaty (and the hubby is freezing!) I am reading about CBT ..read more

At the temple in vietnam, some guy stole my iphone 12. He was pushy and never leave me alone. He would never let me take pictures by myself in piece. I thought he was working at the temple as he told the owners to open the temple. He told me to take off the shoes and leave my bag there as I thought you are not allowed to bring belongs. Tge owners did not do anything. . He told me to bow down to Buddha while he takes a picture. While I bow down, he disappeared. The owners were in the front of entrance and saw him leave but did not stop him. So I lost iPhone which all my photos which are my mem ..read more