Cognitive restructuring

And it was the start of this beautiful chapter of life where I came out of my shell and started expressing myself more and getting out of my comfort zone and forming my own identity.

[upbeat music] Not too long after that, I also stumbled upon this book called A New Guide to Rational Living by a couple of psychologists, one of them Albert Ellis, and it introduced this technique called cognitive restructuring, which is a core part of cognitive behavioral therapy.

And I just spent like two weeks on my parents' couch enthralled-

Hmm

That would be a good target for you could use lever seven, which is steward your thoughts.

Mm-hmm.

And you could use a technique like cognitive restructuring where you could change these thoughts to be more helpful because, yeah, the, the way you think affects how you feel, so if you can change those thoughts, uh, you're probably gonna reduce some of your stress.

There might be some activating events that stand out that you're really afraid of.