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antzrus
Retired psychologist: Specialized in (click links) PTSD and Depression.
The "Stop Antz" avatar relates to remembering to stop listening to your ANTZ (Automatic Negative ThoughtZ), the primary ingredient in a clinical depression/PTSD experience. Push it aside (on your own or with a competent CBT therapist) as best you can and get on with the HERE AND NOW inside your head, rather than the ANTZ. The queen ANT is "I'm no good" which gives birth to "I'm ugly, dumb, stupid, unlovable, always wrong, not right, not worthy, I deserve to die etc., etc. ad infinitum ad nauseam...
You never quite get rid of the damn things, but you come to realize as time goes on to not listen so intently (make them like soft background elevator music) and believe such irrational (no solid/concrete proof for them) thoughtz.
Oh yeah, if the "I deserve to die" gets you planning for your death-GO SEE SOMEONE ASAP!! NO ONE EVER DIED IN MY PRACTICE and I saw thousands over the 33 years I was in practice-MODERN TREATMENT DOES WORK!!
The "Stop Antz" avatar relates to remembering to stop listening to your ANTZ (Automatic Negative ThoughtZ), the primary ingredient in a clinical depression/PTSD experience. Push it aside (on your own or with a competent CBT therapist) as best you can and get on with the HERE AND NOW inside your head, rather than the ANTZ. The queen ANT is "I'm no good" which gives birth to "I'm ugly, dumb, stupid, unlovable, always wrong, not right, not worthy, I deserve to die etc., etc. ad infinitum ad nauseam...
You never quite get rid of the damn things, but you come to realize as time goes on to not listen so intently (make them like soft background elevator music) and believe such irrational (no solid/concrete proof for them) thoughtz.
Oh yeah, if the "I deserve to die" gets you planning for your death-GO SEE SOMEONE ASAP!! NO ONE EVER DIED IN MY PRACTICE and I saw thousands over the 33 years I was in practice-MODERN TREATMENT DOES WORK!!
- Birthday
- Mar 16, 1947 (Age: 77)
- Location
- Wenatchee, WA USA
- Devices
- Phone: Samsung S 8 Active
Tablets: x2 (she & me) Samsung Galaxy S2 (both 2016),
Computers: Lenovo Yoga 900 Win 10 Home 64 Bit--- Home Made: W10 Pro 64 Bit, AMD Ryzen 7 1700X, Water Cooled, Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB ATA Device, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650, 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 10666MHz (15-15-15-35), Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (AM4), ATAPI iHAS124 F
- Carrier
- T-Mobile
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Retired US Army and Civilian Clinical Psychologist
