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Existential suffering underlies all anxieties. CBT, at best, gets to certain levels of deep seated programming, but does not go to the root cause. Alleviating a
by hosh 10y ago
Existential suffering underlies all anxieties. CBT, at best, gets to certain levels of deep seated programming, but does not go to the root cause. Alleviating anxiety is not the same as a cure. Being functional is not the same as a cure.
CBT may be considered the gold standard in the mainstream, but it will not always be like that.
- apatters 10y agoThis is certainly an interesting idea, but is there a body of research behind it? (How does one prove that anxiety is caused by "existential suffering" anyway?) What is the amount and quality of that research? Even if CBT is flawed it has an established track record of clinical success so I still think it should be regarded as a "tool in the box."
- ksenzee 10y agoYou may be correct, but without any research to back it up, this reads very much like a statement of religious faith.