Dr. Adina McGarr-Knabke http://www.mysantabarbaratherapy.com Licensed Clinical Psychologist 22253 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:31:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 mysantabarbaratherapy/WJHbhttp://feedburner.google.com Language and Suffering http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mysantabarbaratherapy/WJHb/~3/7rQpR3SpBw8/language-and-suffering.html http://www.mysantabarbaratherapy.com/language-and-suffering.html#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:32:24 +0000 Dr. Adina McGarr http://www.mysantabarbaratherapy.com/?p=1218 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> How we think about our experiences is not necessarily a reality, yet our thoughts and the stories we construct from these thoughts can increase suffering.

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    People’s deepest and most irrational convictions about onesself and one’s life are incredibly stubborn.  Once something is learned and then intermittently reinforced it is deeply resistant to extinction.  However, through repetition and new experiences new neural pathways are formed and beliefs about the self and the world can be modified.

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    Through consciously relaxing tense muscles and observing your breath moving in and out, incessant thoughts can be quickly reduced (Lind-Kyle, 2009)

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  • Resentment “Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person...
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    “Foods high in sugar, fat, and salt, and the cues that signal them, promote more of everything: more arousal…more thoughts of food…more urges to pursue food…more dopamine stimulated approach behavior…more consumption…more opioid-drive reward…more overeating to feel better…more delay in feeling full…more loss of control….more preoccupation with food…more habit driven behavior…and ultimately more weight gain.” (Kessler, 2009)

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