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BainsBane

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4. I think the goal is to balance emotion and reason

Reply to Betsy Ross (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 08:12 PM

Mar 2013

rather than banishing emotion. I have found that fighting emotions tends to deepen their intensity and worsen their negative effects on me. There is a concept called wide mind from Dialectical Behavior Therapy that explains the idea of balancing emotion and reason.

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/html/wise_mind.html

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Emotions fight dirty [View all] Betsy Ross Mar 2013 OP

Yes, they do, Betsy Ross. elleng Mar 2013 #1

Can be a bit of the chicken and egg debate libodem Mar 2013 #2

My intellect always dives into the pit along with my emotions. hunter Mar 2013 #3

That's me get the red out Mar 2013 #7

I think the goal is to balance emotion and reason BainsBane Mar 2013 #4

I committed myself to attend DBT sessions Betsy Ross Mar 2013 #5

perhaps so BainsBane Mar 2013 #6