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Radical Acceptance Two, Too

arfie
arfie
Well, CC. Ya tripped a wire in my cranium. I have been flashing to ??? quite a few cars in my therapy train. Methinks this one goes back to the pedophilic hippie who introduced me to Transcendental Meditation in the late 60's. It is okay to call him a pedophilic hippie. He introduced me to that word, too. It is what he was and he kept the cards on the table, appropriately named. I was young enough to fit his preferences. In my heart, I want to count him in my therapy train rather than my abuser train. Yes, he exercised his pedophilia upon me, but. . . During the process he introduced me to many, many calming exercises which I use to this day. Don't accuse me of experting, but. . . Am I seeing the same tools he taught me in the current CBT theories???

Just chasing a bug. What is the academic history of that term, "Radical Acceptance?"

Anybody know?

Choo choo.
arfie
arfie
6 days and a wake up before I board the train to Chicago. I have trains on the brain.

Choo, choo.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Hmm. I don't know the source of "radical acceptance" as a term. I remember transcendental meditation, of course, but by the time I came to meditation it was less in vogue. Wonder why that was. The kind I was trained in was a variety of Buddhist meditation.
LeoX3
LeoX3
I ran across it in a church setting, so no clue of origins or other aspects.

Arfie, just make sure you're not a caboose going on a circular track, and you'll be okay:-)
drangonflylady
drangonflylady
I have heard radical acceptance for a long time including DBT but not sure where it was coined. Arfie just make sure you get on the right train and you will be okay. Maybe you would like a ride on the Polar Express though. Lol
arfie
arfie
In my twisted grey matter, meditation and prayer are two names for the same act. They are nowhere near the only names I have for the one action. I kinda need all those names, plus creative license. Weaving this particular action into my life is as subtle as a knot in a well-crafted Persian Rug. The diff between turquoise blue and sky blue counts.

I am also okay being the caboose on a circular track. Let's put it on the Polar Express, if the track is available. A piece of straight track will do, too.

A black and white movie character who has haunted my dreams since the one time I saw her on the late, late show as a child is, "Mail Train Annie." I haven't been able to find her movie since, but, girl howdy, I had fun being her. In the movie, her job was to drive her mail train from the end of the Union Pacific rail line (still under construction) to the home office in NY. I knew what I was going to be when I grew up!!!!
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