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0 pointsjrflowers2y ago0 comments

I love the idea of cargo cult-ing myself into major depression by doing reverse cognitive behavioral therapy in order to be more like a nonagenarian billionaire.

“Mimic severe mental illness by refusing the nature of reality” is a piece of advice that only a genius could conjure up

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ethanbond2y ago

What CBT protocol did you do that had you systematically putting agency and responsibility outside of yourself?

jrflowersOP2y ago

You make a good point. CBT is about assigning blame to the self. Despite being labeled “cognitive distortions” things like black and white thinking and personalization and blame are things that CBT teaches you to do more often

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