#it's a corrective. whereas CBT is a helpful tool but along the lines i already think.

[rowenabean]

Learning that you don't actually have to interrogate every single emotion the moment it shows up

#my therapist: you're quite a self aware person but what can happen with self aware people is you look for a reason for everything bad #and if you can't find a reason outside yourself sometimes you find a reason inside yourself (make it your fault) #anyway realising that when i fell sad for a moment i can go “oh i feel sad for a moment: #and not have to always dig into the endless but why do i feel sad #it's helpful to a point. but sometimes you need to let it come and go without interrogating it #is this what people mean when they say you have to feel your feelings??? #i am SUCH an intellectualiser #which is maybe why ACT speaks to me more than CBT #it's a corrective. whereas CBT is a helpful tool but along the lines i already think. #(nerdy medical fact: i have Opinions about the different kinds of therapy) #point: sometimes the situation is just shitty #sometimes you are just having emotions #and that's where they can stay #not all emotions deserve verbalising