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He says the problem is too much introspection. Unless he's suicidal, booking time every week to engage in further introspection sounds like a bad idea. If I we
by charlesism 9y ago
He says the problem is too much introspection. Unless he's suicidal, booking time every week to engage in further introspection sounds like a bad idea.
If I were the OP, I would tackle the problem by scheduling more time every week being active, and being social. Fortunately, it sounds like he has plenty of opportunities to do so, so it's just a matter of consciously spending less time alone.
It's difficult to have a “dark night of the soul” while you're chatting with somebody in a steakhouse, or tossing a frisbee around.
- DanBC 9y agoModern evidence based therapies such as CBT are a way to avoid problematic repetitive thinking and too much introspection, and are a way to focus concentration on more positive thinking. Current NHS figures suggest about 60% success rate, and that's on a bare-knuckle minimum provision model.
- charlesism 9y agoCheers. Just read the Wikipedia article on CBT, and it seems much more reasonable than what I assumed therapy would be like.