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Dani's avatar

This is so interesting! I've heard that these negative schemas can be a trauma response - if things have gone badly in the past for us in one area, we assume that negative outcome will just keep happening. It is so hard to challenge these thoughts but so rewarding. Thanks for sharing your experience, I definitely find this post super relatable!

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Bonnie Azoulay Elmann's avatar

Loved this so much as I’m currently struggling with friendships. Something my CBT therapist and I worked on when I was engaged is looking at my actual experience of things vs my thoughts like you mentioned and it was super helpful! (Ex: my thought might be what if I don’t actually love my boyfriend? But my experiences didn’t match that thought because it showed how much I love him and the evidence didn’t support my thought at all!)

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