Sublime

Our most habitual and compelling feelings and thoughts define the core of who we think we are.

In the first couple of weeks as you learn defusion, repeat each one at least once a

alexithymic, which you may recall from Chapter One is a condition in which people do not know how to identify and describe their feelings.

This map is fundamentally different: it does not describe who you are, but instead describes the safety strategies you automatically go into when you start to feel overwhelmed.

Dans les années 1950, quand Ellis mit au point la thérapie cognitivo-comportementaliste, il insista sur le fait qu’il ne suffit pas de pratiquer dans le seul cabinet du thérapeute, il faut également pratiquer dans les rues en situation réelle. À chaque fois que nous affrontons nos peurs, nous desserrons leur emprise sur nous.

The educational program—the lectures and my follow-up meetings—will get the job done in roughly 80 percent of people with TMS. About 20 percent will need work with one of our psychologists to complete the process.

It helps you shake off some of the toxic thinking habits that periodically seize control of the mind when you are stressed and exhausted and sap your enthusiasm for living.