Stress Center Peer Support

At a certain part of the program there comes a point where facing fear is suggested...That had been one of the biggest challenges I had struggled with all the times I went through the program since I got it in 2004. I had wished I had seen something to help give me motivation and courage to do just ...

This is by far my favorate thread since 2004... I think it needs to be bumped back up...please enjoy everyone! At least the first 4 pages are awesome!

Its been quite a long time since I last went through the Combatting Stress and Depression Program program. I started back in 2004 which became the real beginning of my own transformation and understanding of who I was and how to navigate this life. I used the program and the cbt aspect of it as the ...

Mkat I read your post and yeah its pretty clear you are having a pretty rough time right now. I bet there is alot of pain that has lead to where you are now and I'm sorry you are going through this, I can tell you were feeling pretty desparate when you wrote this out. I've been there myself many tim...

(Me sings) Oh Donna, Oh Donna...I found a girl (On a forum), Donna was her name...do do do do (End singing) Ok before I get into the main thing from your post...Congratulations for working the program and getting alot out of it! You've put alot of effort in and you've seen alot of benefit up to this...

Oh hey Coach Chris, you are still here...you are probabbly the only person I recognize since 2011...how's it been going on the forums?

Hey Forum peeps, its been a really long while. I haven't been here since 2011, anybody still here from those times? Or from 2004-2011?

Thank you. I'm glad you replied, i wasn't sure if people were finding it helpful or not. It gets even better once you go into the should and blame sub categories. Some of these include; Assumed Intent, Fallacy of Change, Fallacy of Fairness and stuff like that. Makes it alot easier when it comes to ...

Ok i'm going to give actual examples. Ones that I have personally done. 1)He told me that its annoying that I assume well, what the heck does he expect from me? I'm doing my best, is that not enough for him? [Magnification] ->To counter Magnification use appropriate language and look at the whole pi...

First of all instead of trying to replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts, try to replace irrational thoughts with rational ones. What helps to figure out how to replace them is to look at how they are distorted. Cognitive Distortions I use; All-Or-Nothing ->Black or white thinking where th...