The next exercise has asked me to focus on situations that I have avoided and whether they have been adaptive or problematic for me.
A couple of situations come to mind.
Depression
Dear Diary
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I couldn’t think of another title for this post, so please excuse that.
I am gonna be quite blunt about how I am feeling at the moment in this post.
So, the last
Psychologist Visit – Number 2
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So, I had my 2nd psychologist visit yesterday (Friday 14 May).
It turned out to be another good visit – which has surprised me as I wasn’t sure whether these visits would be any
Outcome of psychologist/psychiatrist visits
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Psychologist
So, I have had a sit down and though about some goals that I want to achieve from the psychology sessions. This is something that the psychologist suggested that I do
Psychologist Visit
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So, I went to my first appointment with my psychologist today. It went really well and I feel hopeful that she can help me.
We talked about quite a bit of stuff and tried
Chapter 3 – Avoidance Behaviour Checklist
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So, the next exercise in the chapter is to see which of the avoidance behaviours in the checklist I do and what the feelings are that I am trying to avoid.
Situations
Chapter 3 – Avoidance & Escape Behaviours
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So, I am now on chapter 3 of the book.
I am doing the first exercise in the chapter. This is to discover my escape and avoidance behaviours.
I was asked to write
Chapter 2: Comparison Time
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So, this is the final activity in chapter 2.
The activity has asked that I look over both weeks of mood monitoring and compare them to see if my mood was any better or
Talk Therapy
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So, I was talking with a friend last night. I have to admit that I quite enjoyed the conversation.
It became very apparent to me that talk therapy is very good for mental health
Behavioural Changes: The Comparison Chart
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So, I have completed the full 7 days on the comparison mood chart. I will post the links to the chart here and in the next post I will start the comparison and see if