When in a hole… (12)
1/27/10 •
Everyone has heard the phrase about things having to get worse before getting better. However, it doesn’t say MAKE things worse so that they can get better. It doesn’t exactly work like that. I see a couple of different situations where people “try to get out of the eating disorder by going [further] into their eating disorder”:
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Eating disorder math (1)
1/26/10 •
If I were apply this study, called “How Brain Cells Deal with Mathematic Rules,” to eating disorders… it would be titled, “How Brain Cells Deal with Eating Disorder Rules.” :
Intelligent behavior requires strategic processing of numbers and abstract quantity information in accordance with internally maintained goals. For instance, we typically adopt a “less than” strategy [...]
Career in Perfectionism (4)
1/24/10 •
This evening I was reading Carrie’s post on overcoming core traits. Personally, her post was very timely, having just finished reading the book, “When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough.” That is NOT a book that I would normally pick up (I feel pretty well-versed in perfectionism), but my therapist handed it to me. In hindsight, maybe [...]
Avoidance: Not always a bad thing (5)
1/21/10 •
I’ve always believed that avoidance is a healthy coping skill to some extent… but have had therapists who insist that it is maladaptive. The article makes a good point about this: “[Avoidant] strategies can be effective in the short-term…”
Green eggs and ham (3)
1/05/10 •
I could not, would not, on a boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
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