I love reading your posts !
I know (knew) 2 people who went down the CBT therapy road.
For one of them is worked brilliantly, and she started to be 'happy', - -functioning on a day to day basis,without destroying herself,(happy being a relative term to her personal circumstances - whose history was horrendous).
For the other person, it never really worked out to well for him.
Which leads me to the question?
Is this kind of therapy dependent, (more or less successful) on the personality type of the person?
(personality type ? - I hope you know what I mean - extrovert/introvert, as an example)
The only 2 references I have are very different people - in both personality, and intelligence.
Please tell me if I am asking stupid questions! - you are far more knowledgeable than I, on this subject.!
This is a positive use of practical, useful psychology, that helps people in real life.
Great post.
@lucylin!!! My gosh ... thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to read + comment :)
Thank you :) It means a lot coming from you, because I have an idea of how critical you are.
I truly appreciate you leaving your examples; particularity because they are accounts of different outcomes. Also, I find particularly interesting the question you raised: "does the successes depend on the personality type" Yep, I do know what you mean :)
There are no stupid questions here my friend! In fact, your observation is quite an insightful one!
However, there is no straight-forward answer for it. You see, how CBT says that it is not the situation itself that gives rise to this or that emotion; but rather, the person's history, mood state and context. Underlying these factors there is also the individual's personality, and this is something that the Ancient Greeks hypothesized back in 400 BC (they were so smart! :P).
So, yeah ... in the same way people's outlook in life is partly a result of their personality type, this can be one of the determiners that can play a role in both leading them into a state of mental distress as well as out of it! But, keep in mind it would not be the sole factor!
Thank you so much, once again for commenting! I better check Reg and Dereck to have a laugh before going to bed (I had completely forgotten about them. I must apologize to them :D)
By the way, just in case you have 5 mins to spare and are interested I wrote a post about Personality a while ago.
Best.
I'm trying to read some older posts of yours( I haven't looked yet).
To read your posts - I need all my faculties fully focused.
You make my head hurt! lol (In a good way!)
The 2 I have read so far, are excellent!
Don't worry, Reg is sleeping -waiting for Gerald to get his act together...