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Really? That example looks more like a way to pile guilt on yourself.

• epaga 8y ago
  The point is that it helps you get to the root cause of your “automatic thoughts” by discovering the false thought driving them. Replacing that one is usually far more effective than replacing “surface” ones.
• superasn 8y ago
  Yes people who are depressed can think like this and such illogical thoughts may sound true when you're feeling down compounding the sadness. This exercise helps you rip apart each such illogical thought and shows you how irrational and illogical you're mind is being thereby undoing the illogical connections the mind is making
  • zaphirplane 8y ago
    That chain doesn’t seem too illogical, maybe George is influential within the group and took offense This example doesn’t help sell the technique
    • superasn 8y ago
      Maybe but no matter how important George is.. the connection from missing George's birthday to I'm not a good person is super illogical in every scenario.. yet somebody who is depressed can make that connection and that's what the technique helps to see and fix