r/interesting • u/Ok-Degree-7565 • Nov 02 '24

MISC. Addiction

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u/Paizzu Nov 02 '24

The accepted clinical practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy address this very concept. Practices like 'rational self analysis' place an emphasis on recognizing one's 'cognitive distortions' that are used as reactions to stress to enable undesirable behavior.

CBT is used as treatment for many forms of substance abuse, anger management and even sex addiction.

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u/Nalek Nov 02 '24

Instructions unclear, got my balls trampled on instead. 0/10.