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Reframing

arfie
arfie

"Reframing" is a psychotherapy tool I learned way back in the 20th century. Long enough ago that the tool may have been reframed by now.


Anybody use reframing as a psychotherapy tool?

Tired
Tired
Yes. I'm trying to. Very difficult. I have G A D and OCD.
Kjell
Kjell
nevur herd of it until this so i lookd it up. is it about how u view things? like some thing is bad but view it as some thing u can lern from?
Community LeaderMid
Mid
I use it. Still the same as far as I know. It's considered one of the best tools in cognitive behavior treatment plans.
arfie
arfie
Keep trying, Tired. For all the decades I have been using the tool, it remains far from a justy process, but it works if I work it.

Yes, Kjell, it is about how you view things. In addition, I use it to deal with obsessive thought loops. Creating and/or learning songs is my number one reframing tool. When I put an intrusive/obsessive thought into a song, over the course of mastering the music theory of the song, I usually find the way I view the yaddahs attached to the blahs of the thought loop has changed far enough that ^it^ no longer has the power to hijack my thought processes. I buy the adage that I don't view the world as it is. I view the world as I am. I ice that adage with a Ghandi quote. "Be the change you wish to see in the world."

Thank you, Mid. I suspected it was incorporated into CBT during this morning's mini surf when the word "Cognitive" kept showing up in the search. Psych theory/vernacular keeps rapid cycling so fast that throughout my 40+ years of psychotherapy I have frequently wondered if I am suffering PDD. Psychiatric Disorder Disorder.
WhitneyWuzgood
WhitneyWuzgood
How do one knows if they have severe anxiety with physical symptoms or not ?
arfie
arfie
I leaned on psych/med pros with lots and lots of 2nd, 3rd and 4th opinions for that assessment.
carlyj1202
carlyj1202
Sweetie, it seems like you are also telling people what they know. I've been trying to send a hug but not going through.

I cannot tell you how many pshch's I have been through.

Never heard of reframing either. Always wanting to learn more.
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