Guest guest Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 , I've discovered that the Story Teller defusion exercise is a good one. Last Monday, I had my first session with a new counselor I'm seeing to help with my gambling addiction and social anxiety. The homework he gave me was 'name the story'. It's been a fascinating and rewarding experience actually doing ACT instead of reading and thinking about it (I spend a lot of time in my head and not in the real world). It's early days yet, but what I've found so far is that figuring out what stories I'm telling myself really does help me create a distance from my thoughts and feelings. Some of the stories I've come up with so far are: " I'm crap at writing. " " People are judging me badly. " " I want their approval. " " I'm not as good as they are. " " I should conform. " " I want to be liked by everyone. " " People should do the right thing. " The fact that I know these stories aren't true doesn't stop them coming up. They always have, and probably always will. But now that I'm beginning to see them for the fictions they are, I can hold them more lightly and do the things that matter to me. Cheers, Stan > > I am not sure how to add it or even if I should but I updated the " Create > your own 'ACT' Toolkit' " document to better fit for printing. The previous > version's tables split page breaks. > It is in .doc format. > > If this is not appropriate, please delete it. If you want it in PDF format > or in google docs I can do that as well. > > Phil > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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