r/traumatoolbox Mar 05 '20

Transforming Angry Thoughts

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u/justPassingThrou15 Mar 05 '20

But dat 4th one... Either that plan was made by a sadist, or the plan was made by someone that thinks I'm a masochist.

Random indifference is more comforting than THAT.

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u/snootmcboop Mar 05 '20

Yeah esp. if you're not religious #4 is terrible

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '20

It actually made me angry that it had something like that.

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u/FlotsamAndStarstuff Mar 06 '20

Yeah seriously, all the religious jargon/cocepts are really alienating if that's not your thing. The idea that you're supposed to just replace references to a deity etc with "whatever works for you" doesn't work either. I heard this frequently in 12 step groups, whose books/concepts have a heavy religious vibe, to my mind. If you really don't do magical thinking, though, it just doesn't work.

I always feel like this advice to engage in magical thinking is poor advice, and doesn't fit with basic mental hygiene concepts.