Week Three of Inside Mike's Noodle......

I had my third session with Dr. Bowman today. I'm starting to get an idea of how this works, and it's not as dramatic as you see on TV. No sudden breakthroughs, no enlightening discoveries, just reading more into yourslef, and making little improvements here and there.




I remembered to bring my homework from the previous week, so we went over that today. I thought he asked me for three negative comments on myself, the world and the future, but he actually just wanted three comments. Oops!!



The whole focus is on the thoughts themselves, and asking "Is this statement correct?" For most of them, the answer is no, they are exaggerations , and by constantly using these statements, we eventually get ourselves down. Just thinking or saying these things turns us into a depressed person. This , along with being relatively withdrawn, does not help me out.




We also talked about my making sure that I am more appreciative of people who care about me, and about keeping in touch with friends and family, even if nothing is going on. He also said that I might be too picky with women. HA HA!! I did tell him why I am attracted to Ms. X, and he seemed to understand why I care about her like I do - her legs!! Just kidding. Princess, it's the way we talk with each other - and your legs.




The next homework project is to take those same answers and to rewrite them into more correct and positive statements. Seems reasonable enough. That's it for now..


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