| In life we have to face quite a few different kinds of | | | | cognitive behavior therapy which is also known as |
| situations and also circumstances. Some of these may | | | | CBT. |
| be good, others not so pleasant. But how we live life | | | | CBT is a treatment whereby trained therapists and |
| and whether we enjoy it or loathe it is a function of | | | | counselors sit with patients and try to help them find |
| the kind of perspective that we have as well as the | | | | for themselves the reason for which they behave in a |
| mental makeup that we are able to muster up. There | | | | particular way. Thoughts give ride to feelings and |
| are some people who are always pragmatic and also | | | | spawn actions due to which it is essential to tackle |
| confident which helps them meet all situations with | | | | thoughts and also analyze them properly so that the |
| fortitude and equanimity. On the other end of the scale, | | | | root cause of the problem may be isolated and |
| there are others who are very timid and also | | | | addressed. The main technique is to replace negative |
| negatively predisposed which makes them quite | | | | thoughts with positive and cheery ones till such time as |
| scared, afraid and also quite intimidated by each and | | | | positivity becomes a second nature for the patient. |
| every thing. | | | | This is the only way one can become healthy and |
| While some people are by nature pessimistic in some | | | | happy once again. |
| other cases, people also go through traumatic | | | | One should not assume that CBT is a very simple |
| experiences that change their lives forever. For | | | | technique. For one it needs a lot of painstaking and |
| instance, kids who witness a murder or perhaps a | | | | long drawn out process of psychoanalysis as well as |
| terrorist attack could get marred for live emotionally | | | | mental treatment so that the age old thoughts and |
| and be given to panic and anxiety attacks. Some | | | | debilitating or hurting feelings may be made to fade into |
| others also get harried and hassled to the extent that | | | | the background. This will help happiness come to the |
| they are perennially unhappy or maybe grouchy and | | | | foreground and help a person make choices that are |
| grumpy and angry all the time. In any case, these are | | | | rational and healthy too. After all, it is important to |
| all examples of behaviorally dysfunctional actions and | | | | ensure that life is lived to the fullest with no regrets. |
| lifestyles that need to be treated by means of | | | | |