Re: You're not a `Neurotic'; you're a `Human Being'.

Posted by jda1292 on October 24, 2002, at 22:54:26

In reply to You're not a `Neurotic'; you're a `Human Being'., posted by Alara on October 24, 2002, at 22:23:58

Thanks for the positive message. I was really floored by the message from my doc. I am going to get that book and see her thurs. I hope that she is going to be positive when my defenses are down. I haven't had 'tough love' in years, I am not sure that I am up to it. I might blow her off if it gets offensive.
Maybe thinking like this is part of the problem? I am not sure when talking with pdocs?
Thanks,
jda

> jda, that label will be your worst enemy if you allow it to stick. An effective cognitive therapy will teach you to view yourself not as "neurotic", but as an intelligent husband/father with who is experiencing a few difficulties at the moment.
>
> I recommend that you read a book called `Feeling Good' by David D. Burns. Every time I start to feel down on myself in the way that you describe, I open up that book and challenge my cognitive distortions. It's amazing how effective it can be!
>
> Alara
> Just Another Human Being

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My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? jda1292 10/24/02
You're not a `Neurotic'; you're a `Human Being'. Alara 10/24/02
Re: You're not a `Neurotic'; you're a `Human Being'. jda1292 10/24/02
Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? » jda1292 KathyA 10/25/02
Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? glenn 10/25/02
Neurotic: Term No Longer in DSM (nm) Roman 10/25/02
Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? jda1292 10/25/02
Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? » jda1292 Phil 10/25/02
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Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? Phil 10/26/02
Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? Alara 10/26/02
Feeling Good Alara 10/26/02
Thanks for the books and advice jda1292 10/26/02
Re: My Psychiatrist told me I was neurotic? sleepy lizard 10/27/02
be neurasthenic instead » jda1292 bookgurl99 10/27/02
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