Video: Mini-Me--Enough of Your Crap!

Ooo, yes, I love it, I love it, I love it! And I've seen all three Austin Power movies and they are that much more entertaining when watching with a very loud-laughing brother-in-law! Anyway, I love the visuals. These are such wonderful ideas and yet another thing I can share with my CBT group. Our group was cancelled last week and I didn't get to share your video about being the CEO in the boardroom. I'll have to listen to that one again to refresh my memory cuz that was a good one, too. (and one I need to share!)

By the way, your hair is so cute, Therese. Did you darken it? Or maybe it's just the lighting. Regardless, it's adorable.

Love Valerie

Great idea, Therese and thanks for making that video.... I wish someone had taught me that years ago, I might not have had so many recurrent depressions (I'm not bipolar, just the "vanilla" unipolar).

Also wanted to tell you that I tried the CEO technique last week after a meeting with an administrator who added more responsibilities to the project I'm working on. I left the meeting, and I heard myself thinking, You can't do that, blah, blah, blah.... and I quickly remembered the CEO video and I tried it. It worked like a proverbial charm. Thank you soooooo much, Therese.....! That voice did not come back. And I felt empowered, much like a CEO, hee-hee.

Anyway, thank you again for taking the time to make that video for us. Great idea. Many of us BB readers take meds but goodness knows, that is not the whole enchilada, we need ***tools***, especially for dealing with the negative self-talk. This one naming the voice or the CEO to listen and dismiss the voice are excellent.

R.

Oops, I thought my first comment didn't go thru.... well, now I'm on here twice. Sorry...!

R.

Richard: IMHO, our inner battles ARE against demons; we're alll dragon slayers. Tink about it: Demons are ugly, right? What could be uglier than the inner voices we all hwar reminding us of the terrible negative things anyone ever said to us? And, not too get TOO fundamentalist her, since demons are from the devil, that fits as well. Remember that whenever Christ encountered someone who was ill or in need of His intervention here on Earth, He spoke to the demon inside that person and cast it out in order to effect His healing of that individual. And since His message to each of us is one of unconditional love, anything from the opposite end of the spectrum can't be from Him, if you follow my logic.

Therese, you make me laugh like a hyena. I love the 'mini-me' idea. I must say that your 'mini-me' is quite well-behaved. Could I send mine to you for training in manners. My 'mini-me' is grumpy, gruff, cusses, and obstinate. He doesn't care about punishment. I'd get arrested for 'mini-me' abuse if I decided he needed to behave. That said, since I am bigger and meaner than him I just scare him into submission. Does that count ?