The most troubled people aren't motivated to seek self-improvement programs, but to seek ways to justify their faulty thinking. Denial, regression, sublimation, displacement, projection, conversion, and rationalization are all defense mechanisms which keep people in crisis "safe" and separate.
Perceptions drive thoughts and thoughts drive feelings and feelings drive behavior. Behavior proves that nothing comes from nothing...
It must feel frustrating to believe the world is against you! It must feel sad to think you're all alone! What happened? How did it make you feel? What happened next? Has this happened before? Is there another way you could have handled things??? What can you do next time?
In a crisis, the options are to permit it, tolerate it, stop it or prevent it. As adults, we make our own decisions. We cannot blame others for our actions so we must take ownership over our behavior. Change, however, is the hardest thing to accomplish in this world, but change is what we need the most!
With a myriad of human emotions, hope is the scariest of them all because hope comes with the risk of disappointment.
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