Re:Five Mildly Anti-Buddhist Essays
by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:27PM
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For many people, the first step in accepting past/childhood experiences is recognizing them and how they manifest now. You can’t let go until you’ve recognized and accepted. So you’re most of the way towards letting them go.
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You're saying recognition is a necessary condition and jasonwatkinspdx is saying that it isn't a sufficient condition. There's no contradiction there. I would say you're both right. The big question is what is a sufficient condition.
Sure — but a good therapist will not only teach you the mindfulness portion, but the redirection portion where you retrain your responses. (Including workbooks with exercises to do just that.)
CBT is both.