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I would argue that this reaction shows that the exercise was extremely useful for you and should probably be done with the participation of a professional. > "

I would argue that this reaction shows that the exercise was extremely useful for you and should probably be done with the participation of a professional. > "I'm so far gone I'm wasting time doing this because there's nothing to actually help me" No one is too far gone and this exercise literally helped you feel your feelings. That's a good thing, even if it doesn't feel comfortable in the immediate.

mixedCase 4y ago
> and this exercise literally helped you feel your feelings. That's a good thing How? I gain no insight from it. When I'm feeling like shit, I don't need additional help in feeling like shit, it's never helped me "process it". When I'm feeling okay, I don't need to go through the pain as a routine needlessly as some people suggest. What kind of life is that? I'm doing okay nowadays in part because I've managed to shove my emotions out of the way once I acknowledge they're only a signal to a real problem that I can either do something about or I can do absolutely nothing about, and once that's determined the emotion as a signal is useless and knowing that helps me set it aside and focus on what I want in life and determining a purpose. But that practice of dwelling on my emotions and reflecting on "how I felt" held me back for a long time, and that's why I had the need to comment at all. While this kind of thing may help a lot of people it's important for some to hear "yeah this might not work for you at all, might even be worse, don't waste time if it doesn't work for you, there are other ways".