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Reflecting on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy:
One time I was being bullied at work. It hit my old trauma buttons: I started getting panic attacks, hearing voices again.
A #CBT therapist suggested I would feel better if I changed my thinking and self-talk.
No.
Just, no.
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One time I was being bullied at work. It hit my old trauma buttons: I started getting panic attacks, hearing voices again.
A #CBT therapist suggested I would feel better if I changed my thinking and self-talk.
No.
Just, no.
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I felt better when I made a complaint, tried to hold the bully accountable (I couldn't), then changed jobs.
This is one reason I'm not a CBT fan.
My thinking was not the problem, the bully was.
When therapy individualises social justice issues, they are victim-blaming.
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This is one reason I'm not a CBT fan.
My thinking was not the problem, the bully was.
When therapy individualises social justice issues, they are victim-blaming.
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Thankfully, I'd experienced this kind of therapy before, so I knew to get out.
I knew what I needed was a space to be heard, to express my emotions, to process what was happening and what it meant.
I needed an ally to help me get ready to stand up against the bully.
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I knew what I needed was a space to be heard, to express my emotions, to process what was happening and what it meant.
I needed an ally to help me get ready to stand up against the bully.
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I know not all CBT therapy is like this. But I suspect a lot might be.
I worry about how many people are being inadvertently shamed in therapy.
About how many social issues are unaddressed & perpetrators left unaccountable, because victims are taught to blame themselves?
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I worry about how many people are being inadvertently shamed in therapy.
About how many social issues are unaddressed & perpetrators left unaccountable, because victims are taught to blame themselves?
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