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When Therapeutic Techniques Feel Like Self-Betrayal

My therapist says I need to challenge my paranoid thoughts but when I do that I feel like I'm gaslighting myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cognitive behavioral interventions can feel like internal violence when they require dismissing experiences that feel fundamentally true and important.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Schizophrenia and psychosis?”

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