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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This will probably sound dumb, but I have encouraged DC to give those unhelpful patterns of thought a name, and to think of them as characters who are *trying* to help but who have only a single tool in their tool kit that in most cases aren’t useful.

“No one likes me” could be named, say, Wally (yes, I know it’s dumb — but I’m telling you it helps). Wally isn’t a bad guy; in fact he’s doing his best to protect DC from getting very hurt later — after all, no one wants to be in a position where they find out too late that their friends don’t like them. The problem is, Wally only knows how to say this one thing. So he’s going to say it every single time, no matter what.

And you can’t actually keep someone like Wally from showing up. He’s like a terrible neighbor who just keeps walking into your kitchen. All you can do is recognize when he HAS showed up and that the voice you’re hearing is his, not reality.

Yeah, it’s silly. But it has helped loosen the grip that DC’s worst thoughts have. Those thoughts aren’t reality. They aren’t even her. And they aren’t “bad” — they’re actually coming from a place of protection. They’re just unhelpful and can be recognized for what they are. [/quote]

I think this is a really good strategy to help with metacognition. We all should dive into our thought patterns and analyze which ones do, and don’t, serve us. [/quote]

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