Cycle 8 - Flashcard Set 2
What is the purpose of the speaker sharing her experience?
To help others avoid unnecessary pain and suffering.
What were the two strong symptoms of BPD that the speaker experienced in her early twenties?
Paranoid ideation and fear of abandonment.
What did the speaker often do with her thoughts and feelings about relationships and people?
Make up stories in her mind.
How did the speaker’s behavior of acting on her thoughts and feelings as if they were facts affect her relationships?
It caused problems.
When did the speaker start to become aware of her behavior of making up stories?
In a massage therapy school class.
What did the teacher in the speaker’s massage therapy school class talk about?
The stories we tell ourselves.
What did the speaker realize about living our lives based on stories we tell ourselves?
It can create pain and suffering unnecessarily.
What does the speaker suggest to find the intersection between emotion mind and rational mind?
Challenging our thoughts and finding Wise Mind.
What does the speaker encourage people to do in relationships and different situations?
Question the stories they tell themselves.
Who does the speaker believe is more prone to believing their own stories?
Emotionally sensitive people or those with a trauma history.
What does the speaker encourage people to do before believing their thoughts?
Look for evidence and challenge them to reduce suffering.
What does the speaker hope her experience can help others do?
Avoid making their lives difficult and causing unnecessary pain and suffering.
