Comments on: Concrete Thinking and being a Non-BP

By: Lisa Chalkley

Lisa Chalkley — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:58:43 +0000

Hi,
I’d just written a post on my blog as a person with BPD, getting into a tangle with friends with BPD. You’ve just helped me to think about it from another angle. Being worried and concerned for someone about health treatment, but feeling as though they are hearing ‘I’m criticizing and attacking your beliefs and choices’ and that they would rather withdraw then have an uncomfortable or painful conversation. I was starting from shock and concern too. Mm, I have no answers yet, but like the picture of the stumbling block!
Thanks for sharing your writing.

By: Bon Dobbs

Bon Dobbs — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:07:57 +0000

Right, but it also works the other direction. Change your behavior in association with your reactions and that, in turn, changes your reactive emotions and changes your thoughts. It works in both directions and it is easier to change you behavior – it’s like training.

By: non-BP

non-BP — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:08:49 +0000

CBT (part of DBT) says thoughts control your emotions, and to work on changing the automatic negative thoughts. Correcting these negative thoughts slowly reprograms the brain’s emotional evaluator & thereby reduces emotional sensitivity.