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I haven't said this in years, but please would you help with my (CBT) homework?

felineaut

I am participating in CBT to help me learn new ways to manage myself in challenging situations. My therapist/practitioner/tutor suggested we each seek answers to questions about a hypothetical scenario. I hope it's ok to post this here, I wondered if there's anyone with a few minutes to spare who wouldn't mind sharing their thoughts.

Many thanks for reading and many more if you are able to answer - completely understand that everyone's busy. I am happy to update when we've compared answers to see how mental health professionals differ from any answers I receive if anyone has any interest.

The Situation:

(From the perspective of a car driver, imagined or real)

If you were stopped in a parking space to drop someone off and someone pulled up alongside and became confrontational about you being there, got out of their car and started shouting and taking your registration number:

1) How would you feel? 

2) What would you do?

3) Is it unreasonable to feel helpless and upset?

4) How would you 'come down' from that?

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    Neither TA nor CBT will cure autism. Nothing will, I think we agree on that.

    They can, however, make life more bearable, more predictable and less alarming and distressing.

    I don't have a full picture of your steps scenario in my mind. However, is it possible that the other guy was alarmed and reacting badly to a big fellow bearing down on him and then brushing him aside? Perhaps he had issues about his lack of stature and perhaps he was reacting badly and not thinking about the other person's point of view? Were you buried in your own thoughts and not aware of him until it was too late? Were you able to accurately assess his intentions and attitude from his facial expression?

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    Neither TA nor CBT will cure autism. Nothing will, I think we agree on that.

    They can, however, make life more bearable, more predictable and less alarming and distressing.

    I don't have a full picture of your steps scenario in my mind. However, is it possible that the other guy was alarmed and reacting badly to a big fellow bearing down on him and then brushing him aside? Perhaps he had issues about his lack of stature and perhaps he was reacting badly and not thinking about the other person's point of view? Were you buried in your own thoughts and not aware of him until it was too late? Were you able to accurately assess his intentions and attitude from his facial expression?

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