Understanding how your thoughts impact your feelings and behaviors are essential to identifying the challenges underneath it all. Pin-pointing things like core beliefs that no longer serve you or cognitive “distortions” (what I call “blockages”) within your thought patterns increases your awareness of the impact that these types or thoughts or behaviors have on your life. Triggers or what I like to call “stuck points” are also important to uncover and understand more about. Stuck points can be people or places. Stuck points can be things or thoughts. Stuck points can also arise from certain activities or situations. Triggers can leave you feeling helpless, worthless, and so many other emotions but they are manageable; and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy really seeks to equip people with the tools to manage their thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
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