Re: Related Concepts

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Dear Aodh:

I worked with "Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life" for a month and assigned myself here. I think that is a truly great psychological iconoclast and many of the things that he states should have been written by SOMEBODY, ANYBODY in the self-help-genre.

But the values...

I have only three values.

1. I want off this planet

2. I want off this planet fast

3. I want off this planet faster than that

Welcome.

Bill Stickers

Van Nuys, California

Related Concepts

Hi Everyone

This is my first post to this group.

I was wondering what ACT practitioners thought of Carlson's

theories especially contained in his book "Stop Thinking & Start Living"

and also Dr Ainslie Meares' book "Relief Without Drugs". To me there

seems to be a lot of crossover the main difference being that the

before-mentioned works seem a lot more easy to understand and simpler

to implement than ACT concepts which to me seem at times to be rather

convoluted i.e. noticing myself thinking that I am thinking etc and

grappling with the philosophical wranglings of values.

I'd appreciate your opinions on this.

Aodh

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[Guest guest]

> I have only three values.

>

> 1. I want off this planet

> 2. I want off this planet fast

> 3. I want off this planet faster than that

>

I laughed and then felt sad when i read that. Reminds me of my

brother. He pretty much does nothing- sleeps, eats, watches tv. He

says he values nothing, doesn't feel like he belongs in this world,

and says he can't wait for the afterlife...