lostforgottensoul
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I had thought I saw a thread on this but apparently I was seeing things or just cant find it, so Im creating one.
My therapist wants to do Emotional Brain Training (EBT). The book he wrote down for this specifically was Wired For Joy by Laurel Mellin: Dead Link Removed
I plan to order it today but have been working today and was in a 3 hour meeting that was supposed to take an hour and just havent had much chance to order it yet or to research this much but I also wanted feedback about Emotional Brain Training; what is it (I have how my therapist explained it but i want information from you all whom have gone through it)? How does it work? How good is the book (for those that have specifically read this book)? How effective is it? What should I expect? How can I start to get ready for it? Any other info you want to give me?
I can google all day but i cant gain information like I can from those that have been through it.
I also, historically, dont do well with books. Besides the fact Im dyslexic, i generally get stuck, put it down and maybe pick up another never to go back to it again. That happened in the PTSD sourcebook then in the DBT workbook and Risin' Strong I havent even started. Me and books dont get along. Would I be better googling then buying it or looking for videos or is it like the DBT workbook, where I sort of need the book?
It doesnt sound like EMDR, where its an in session thing. It sounds more like DBT, stuff i practice between sessions.
He sent me home (or to work) today with the homework of noticing my intellegence and my humor.
How i laugh right away in session and dont in the real world. To allow myself to be vulernable to laugh in the real world and allow it to happen. Or notice it if i dont. Im sort of lost on how to, which is why im making this thread for all of y'all awesome people to help me laugh off site and in the real world. LOL!
My intellegence; how im massively always trying to learn something new. How im always researching if i dont know or are wrong i want the right answer. How i dont just take everyone's word for it and understand that there's your side, their side, and the truth is somewhere in the middle and im after that truth. And to stop shutting people up when they call me smart (I seriously hate it).
He chose those two off the top of his head as its the 2 good qualities he first notices and have been re-enforcing like every session just about. And the emotion that goes along with laughing. Not sure about emotion with intellegence...pride? I hate pride! Not sure.
He was talking about how powerful emotions are and my obessive want to stuff them all.
Ok, experiences with EBT and or "Wired For Joy" book?
My therapist wants to do Emotional Brain Training (EBT). The book he wrote down for this specifically was Wired For Joy by Laurel Mellin: Dead Link Removed
I plan to order it today but have been working today and was in a 3 hour meeting that was supposed to take an hour and just havent had much chance to order it yet or to research this much but I also wanted feedback about Emotional Brain Training; what is it (I have how my therapist explained it but i want information from you all whom have gone through it)? How does it work? How good is the book (for those that have specifically read this book)? How effective is it? What should I expect? How can I start to get ready for it? Any other info you want to give me?
I can google all day but i cant gain information like I can from those that have been through it.
I also, historically, dont do well with books. Besides the fact Im dyslexic, i generally get stuck, put it down and maybe pick up another never to go back to it again. That happened in the PTSD sourcebook then in the DBT workbook and Risin' Strong I havent even started. Me and books dont get along. Would I be better googling then buying it or looking for videos or is it like the DBT workbook, where I sort of need the book?
It doesnt sound like EMDR, where its an in session thing. It sounds more like DBT, stuff i practice between sessions.
He sent me home (or to work) today with the homework of noticing my intellegence and my humor.
How i laugh right away in session and dont in the real world. To allow myself to be vulernable to laugh in the real world and allow it to happen. Or notice it if i dont. Im sort of lost on how to, which is why im making this thread for all of y'all awesome people to help me laugh off site and in the real world. LOL!
My intellegence; how im massively always trying to learn something new. How im always researching if i dont know or are wrong i want the right answer. How i dont just take everyone's word for it and understand that there's your side, their side, and the truth is somewhere in the middle and im after that truth. And to stop shutting people up when they call me smart (I seriously hate it).
He chose those two off the top of his head as its the 2 good qualities he first notices and have been re-enforcing like every session just about. And the emotion that goes along with laughing. Not sure about emotion with intellegence...pride? I hate pride! Not sure.
He was talking about how powerful emotions are and my obessive want to stuff them all.
Ok, experiences with EBT and or "Wired For Joy" book?
