Stress Center Peer Support

I just ended my week 3 and I was doing ok but i had a scary thought that came into my head that "What if this program is brainwashing me?" It scared me because I think of brainwashing as a scary thing and thought, "Now I won't be able to listen to the tapes without that thought coming into my head." I am trying to think about how it is a behavioral change program and that my thought is silly and so what if it is brainwashing me, it's helping me be better and not telling me to kill people. I just need help to get over this thought so I can listen to the tapes and stop this thought coming into my head and getting in the way of me paying attention to my lessons.

What do you think this program is about? It integrates several long standing theories of therapy widely used by counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, and doctors. These treatment theories have been around, and been used in standard therapy for many, many years. If you have obsessions about brainwashing yourself, you may want to see a doctor and discuss this with her/him. This program primarily focuses on paying attention to your own thoughts. No one is putting these thoughts in your mind. They are your thoughts. Best of luck.