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Reversing Operant Conditioning?
Inculcated:
I can’t say that I understand why all the preamble before posting it, but I will read with interest whenever you get around to it.
SEKTO:
Anyway, we haven't even started studying instrumental/operant conditioning yet, and have up to this point focused only in classical conditioning, and the various studies that have been done and the models explaining how it works. We haven't even gotten to IC/OC yet.
My answer in any case to the original question is still the same: is it possible to reverse the effects of OC? Yes, but the only ways that I know of and would recommend involve mental health professionals and/or medications. There is no "do-it-yourself" solution.
SEKTO:
Personally, I was in an immersive CBT environment and in three sessions a week for a whole year while at MH, and I now go to sessions with a different therapist every other week. Also, bi-weekly support groups.
Being at MH was triggering and I experienced a lot of unpleasant somatic responses at first, but gradually I came to feel safe there and slowly came to a point of "mastery" (Herman's word) over my own emotional triggers.
Presently, I practice DBT (mindfulness) techniques and in addition take Buspar for anxiety.
This stuff really works, if you are willing to work it. And it ain't easy, it's uncomfortable and downright painful at times. But it's the only real way I know if to overcome the psychological traumas incurred in an abusive thought-reform environment. I have come a long, long way in my healing over the last couple of years.
DannyB II:
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SEKTO:
--- Quote ---Would asking you to elaborate more on DBT be going off topic, also Immersive CBT...
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Yes, it would.
--- Quote ---Please don't be unkind, just trying to fit into a conversation that looks like I can benefit from personally.
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The topic of this thread is "Reversing Operant Conditioning," not "Danny Bennison."
CBT= Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DBT= Dialectical Behavior Therapy
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