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Action and Commitment Therapy

arfie
arfie
I am starting a 10 week therapy group through the Veteran's Administration this morning. I have a PR sheet on it, but I am resisting the temptation to read it again. Over my decades of such therapies I have yet to gain accurate expectations from the write ups. I seem to do better if I show up with minimal expectations and let the program evolve of its own accord.

Just burning time until it is time to go.
deleted_user
deleted_user
let us know how it went...
deleted_user
deleted_user
My former therapist lead such a group at the VA and she also used ACT with me in private session. I got a lot out of ACT, but I also was reading a self-help guide at the time, which helped me understand the therapy more. TBH, I don't remember a lot of the therapy, but the "bullseye" model on how we perpetuate our symptoms through various avoidance tactics has stuck with me. I hope it helps you!
CrazyCanuk
CrazyCanuk
Let us know how it goes. Especially if you get some good coping ideas from it. I think it is great you are doing this. It is always good to get out and do things and if you can help yourself by attending this...all the better.
arfie
arfie
Day one was mostly getting to know one another and a discussion of mindfulness. What is "mindfulness" to you.

We did one little exercise where each of us took a clipboard and imagined it as our issues. We then held it in front of our faces and discussed what it did to our fields of vision. The group leader then asked a volunteer to put a hand on one side of the board and push as hard as possible while the group leader pushed from the other. The leaders chair rolled backwards while the committee's wrist grew tired. They then pushed against one another with less force and the clipboard did a dance in odd circling motions between them.

How much ya wanna bet the next session is on relationships?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have looked into meditation techniques to help me with this syndrome...A very short term definition for this way of thinking would
be " Staying in the moment...the now".

Trust me, I have read many articles on this technique...Easier said then done however....But I still try to use it, especially when I am right in the middle of severe attack....

I now check my blood pressure when I am really having trouble. It just shoots off the scale but my blood pressure goes back to normal after I have come out of it for a few days.

I personally believe this syndrome is primarily a medical condition affecting our brains. a chemical imbalance in our brains caused by damaged neurotransmitters...

If only some one could discover an effective way to repair this damage...We can only hope.
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