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i have no feelings....

ReedNotRed
ReedNotRed
I'm starting therapy with my counsellor, and he's using the technique of coginitive therapy on me. So it goes by the idea that a thought leads to an emotion, which in turn leads to actions.

But I don't know what i feel..... if anything at all????
meandthebeast
meandthebeast
sorry
belladeath
belladeath
Maybe thats what the therapy will help you discover. If you share your thoughts then maybe you can figure out what emotions go with it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Confusion about what we feel and why is quite common. I agree w/ Bella -- this should help you get a handle on it and then deal with the root issue rather than the symptom. At least I hope it will. :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Cognitive therapy seems to me to be the most promising form of therapy. If you think of solutions then you can act and help yourself out of feelings of sadness, depression, anxiety, etc. The rub is that it is very hard. Believe me I want to think my way out of my problems and act. Instead, I've been practically paralyzed and I'm making my situation much worse by the day. I say try it though. If it could help you out of feeling bad then it is worth it.
ElenaNJ
ElenaNJ
playing devil's advocate. does an emotin always lead to an action. sometimes i'll just sit there andcry or do nothing.

good luck though.

my shrink said how a simple mishap can lead to terrible thinking. ok, like if i drop a glass and it breaks, i can think, why does this always happen to me, i'm so clumsy, maybe i should've just stayed in bed, my life totally sucks. or, you can just think, shit, i dropped a glass, now let me sweep it up and get on with my day.
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
Good luck with your therapy. I often don't know how I feel. I tend to over think a situation instead of acting on it.