Comments on: Avoidance: Not always a bad thing http://www.greythinking.com/2010/01/21/avoidance-not-always-a-bad-thing/ "being aware of your crap and actually overcoming your crap are two very different things." - christina, grey's anatomy Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: greythinking http://www.greythinking.com/2010/01/21/avoidance-not-always-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-932 greythinking Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:09:41 +0000 http://www.greythinking.com/?p=545#comment-932 I'm not sure what keeps happening to your comments! At what point does it disappear? When you hit submit? I’m not sure what keeps happening to your comments! At what point does it disappear? When you hit submit?

]]> By: Cesar http://www.greythinking.com/2010/01/21/avoidance-not-always-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Cesar Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:24:16 +0000 http://www.greythinking.com/?p=545#comment-927 I wrote a long comment on this post and for some reason it's not showing up. I don't want to retype it. Oh well. Cesar I wrote a long comment on this post and for some reason it’s not showing up. I don’t want to retype it. Oh well.

Cesar

]]> By: Cesar http://www.greythinking.com/2010/01/21/avoidance-not-always-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Cesar Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:45:14 +0000 http://www.greythinking.com/?p=545#comment-910 If by avoidance strategies they mean "Distraction," then YES, I absolutely agree that distraction can be used in both healthy and appropriate ways. There is a difference between distraction and avoidance. Distraction is being able to put something away or out of mental reach for a period of time while fully intending to come back to face the issue that is triggering the avoidance (i.e. flashback, exposure to feared foods, etc). Avoidance, in its simplest definition could be synonymous with escaping. Avoidance can happen in multiple ways through excessive sleeping, using substances, performance/perfectionism, excessive exercising, ED, wearing a mask that is incongruent with one's true emotions, etc. In avoidance, our deepest defense mechanisms tend to show up such as repression, minimization, rationalization and even denial. Distraction - I'm all for it. I'm using the word "distraction" and I believe the article refers to the same concept with their word "coping." Avoidance - Thumbs down. At some point, a person will need to build distress tolerance and sufficient confidence to usher some type of normalcy back into life. Cesar G., MA Twitter: @cesargamez Blog: www.FamilyInsights.net If by avoidance strategies they mean “Distraction,” then YES, I absolutely agree that distraction can be used in both healthy and appropriate ways. There is a difference between distraction and avoidance. Distraction is being able to put something away or out of mental reach for a period of time while fully intending to come back to face the issue that is triggering the avoidance (i.e. flashback, exposure to feared foods, etc). Avoidance, in its simplest definition could be synonymous with escaping. Avoidance can happen in multiple ways through excessive sleeping, using substances, performance/perfectionism, excessive exercising, ED, wearing a mask that is incongruent with one’s true emotions, etc. In avoidance, our deepest defense mechanisms tend to show up such as repression, minimization, rationalization and even denial.

Distraction – I’m all for it. I’m using the word “distraction” and I believe the article refers to the same concept with their word “coping.”

Avoidance – Thumbs down. At some point, a person will need to build distress tolerance and sufficient confidence to usher some type of normalcy back into life.

Cesar G., MA
Twitter: @cesargamez
Blog: http://www.FamilyInsights.net

]]> By: Laur http://www.greythinking.com/2010/01/21/avoidance-not-always-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Laur Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:27:40 +0000 http://www.greythinking.com/?p=545#comment-908 Thanks! Hey, I'm participating in a research study with UNC! Thanks!

Hey, I’m participating in a research study with UNC!

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