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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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  • Well, the word I used was four-letter vernacular for feacal matter, and I'd be most surprised if any grown-up in Britain doesn't use the word or understand that, within the context, it is an expression of shock, nothing more.

    Clearly, some poor sensitive soul was offended and reported it. As we know from experience, even when we report something as dangerous as one of those 'surveys', the mods don't respond with alacrity. They can get 'offended' by a tiny, commonly used and barely offensive word, but they don't mind leaving a window of opportunity for the exploitation of vulnerable people.

    That's why I call them the unsane ones, but as they're currently running the asylum, not much we can do about it.

    For the moment...

    On a different note, we've yet again gone off on a tangent on this thread, probably as a result of the strength of our feelings, beliefs and opinions.

    felineaut, have you picked up anything useful, and was it relevant to your original post? We'd like to hear more from you!

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  • Well, the word I used was four-letter vernacular for feacal matter, and I'd be most surprised if any grown-up in Britain doesn't use the word or understand that, within the context, it is an expression of shock, nothing more.

    Clearly, some poor sensitive soul was offended and reported it. As we know from experience, even when we report something as dangerous as one of those 'surveys', the mods don't respond with alacrity. They can get 'offended' by a tiny, commonly used and barely offensive word, but they don't mind leaving a window of opportunity for the exploitation of vulnerable people.

    That's why I call them the unsane ones, but as they're currently running the asylum, not much we can do about it.

    For the moment...

    On a different note, we've yet again gone off on a tangent on this thread, probably as a result of the strength of our feelings, beliefs and opinions.

    felineaut, have you picked up anything useful, and was it relevant to your original post? We'd like to hear more from you!

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