BlueBaySenior Contributor
How to challenge your negative thoughts
Hi @Shaz51 @Emelia8 @Eve7 @rav3n @tyme and others reading along -
I have been diagnosed with BPD, cPTSD, depression, anxiety, eating disorder. I am also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
I saw my dr today and he has suggested that i try to 'challenge my thoughts'. I am at the moment on a huge downer with my depression - no motivation, no interest in much, can't be bothered, angry with myself etc etc etc and my negative thoughts are instant. Once these negative thoughts are with me I 'go with it' and it 'drags me into a spiral of negative self thoughts' (hope this makes sense!!)
my question is - how on earth do i challenge my negative thoughts?? That's not something i do myself because i get so absorbed by my own thoughts. It never occurs to me that i need to stop and challenge it.
If i am with my dr or psychiatrist and they point it out - then after a little while with them i can see it but don't believe it. (this is not making sense???)
i am struggling at the moment and don't know how to write this to you all
i get angry with my dr because he has no idea how hard it is to challenge those very strong negative thoughts
a lot of those thoughts have been ingrained in me since a child and a lot of them i believe to be true; the exact truth
