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Scenario

When close friends struggle to support each other's cognitive work without overstepping

My best friend and I have been in therapy for similar issues around negative self-talk and we started sharing techniques, but now we're constantly second-guessing whether we're 'thought-policing' each other or actually being supportive. Every conversation feels like we're walking on eggshells about how to address distorted thinking without becoming the thought police ourselves.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people sharing parallel inner work discover that mutual support around thought patterns requires navigating the delicate boundary between helpful observation and invasive monitoring.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cognitive distortions — identification and change?”

Peri

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