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  2. Asking yourself Socratic questions can calm your irrational ...

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    The therapist resource site Therapist Aid has a free printout with 10 Socratic questions you can use to challenge irrational thoughts. Another way to learn about the approach is by reading the ...

  3. Cognitive distortion - Wikipedia

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    A cognitive distortion is a thought that causes a person to perceive reality inaccurately due to being exaggerated or irrational. Cognitive distortions are involved in the onset or perpetuation of psychopathological states, such as depression and anxiety. [1]

  4. Euphoric recall - Wikipedia

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    Initiation of recovery is argued to be a direct result of loss of pleasure in an addict's life, which is a form of "psychic numbness". [7] However, it has been suggested that euphoric recall has the ability to override the "numbness" felt during recovery, therefore causing potential relapses in addiction.

  5. Cognitive restructuring - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive restructuring (CR) is a psychotherapeutic process of learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive distortions, [1] such as all-or-nothing thinking (splitting), magical thinking, overgeneralization, magnification, [1] and emotional reasoning, which are commonly associated with many mental health disorders. [2]

  6. Cognitive processing therapy - Wikipedia

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    This phase focuses on identifying automatic thoughts and increasing awareness of the relationship between a person's thoughts and feelings. A specific focus is on teaching the client to identify maladaptive beliefs ("stuck points") that interfere with recovery from traumatic experiences. [16] The next phase involves formal processing of the ...

  7. Cognitive behavioral therapy - Wikipedia

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    Events, thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological reactions influence each other. Dysfunctional emotions are typically caused by unrealistic thoughts. Reducing dysfunctional emotions requires becoming aware of irrational thoughts and changing them. Human beings have an innate tendency to develop irrational thoughts.

  8. Intrusive thought - Wikipedia

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    An intrusive thought is an unwelcome, involuntary thought, image, or unpleasant idea that may become an obsession, is upsetting or distressing, ...

  9. Rational emotive behavior therapy - Wikipedia

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    Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is an active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy, the aim of which is to resolve emotional and behavioral problems and disturbances and to help people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives.