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These are the things we learned in my group at my university and they really are awesome if you use them. I highly recommend CBT and read the book Been there, Done that? Do This! by sam obitz and do the tea forms as often as you can they will keep your worries at bay and make you way more productive.
Thanks for the advice!! :D
"Life is too important to take seriously" Corky Siegal
I have just bought this book and read it but havent put it into practise yet. Looks like I had better get started
Thanks
Barb xx
thanks for info will have look into this
I just wanted to add that in addition to the tea forms in the book by Obitz which are very helpful, I find the putting things back into perspective exercise works well in concert with the tea forms and can help you discover deeper problematic thoughts to counter in a tea form.
Wannabeloved85
30-08-05, 14:23
i cant seem to find this book! ive looked on amazon.co.uk it used to be there im sure but now its not!
I bought my copy over the internet on the author's website's at www.tao3.com and they shipped it via first class mail. I'm in Hawaii but I think they said they ship everywhere.
eeyorelover
03-09-05, 01:26
Gosh I have since this book everywhere I go. I thought about picking it up but had never heard anyone on here talk about it.
I'll be picking it up real soon.
Sandy
(eeyorelover)
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Hi Crystal,
After finishing my group I tend to spend most of my time working on my tea forms but you are right that if you are feeling more anxious the putting things into perspective exercises will help you go a lot deeper. I feel like I'm in maintenance mode now but if I hit a rough stretch I will definitely focus more on the perspective exercise like we did in my group. Of course I'm hoping I never hit a rough stretch again and have to do that!
One cbt exercise I never really tried was the wrist counter one, but I fell into my old pattern of feeling like I was not being productive and have been using the wrist counter exercise for the first time since my group ended to click off the things I am getting done and it really makes you focus on the glass being half full instead of half empty and gives you a boost.
Hey SB I have not been around in awhile but I am still doing my Tea forms everyday and feeling great! I hope you are still doing great as well and it is encouraging to see that some of my posts are still alive after being away for several months.
Aloha
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Crystal, That's good advice and that exercise helped me a lot too. Life is good now and I'm just doing my tea forms a few times a week now and feeling awesome. Hope you are doing well also.
Hi jrank and thanks for posting this. I recently completed a cbt group and have not had any anxiety attacks in over three months. I was skeptical at first that cbt would be useful at all to me but I am doing better now than I thought possible just a few months ago. I realize I still have a lot of work to do on myself but I am doing my tea forms everyday and slowly they are begining to become more a part of the natural way I think and react to things. I have not been doing the putting things back into perspective exercise much since my group ended but maybe I will have to add that to my daily thought countering routine. Thanks again for sharing!
axel you are everywhere on the cognitive training posts :) I have continued using the tea form exercise since my group ended and they help me keep my anxieties totally manageable now. I am a big proponent of cognitive training and the tea form.
I can't believe how much such a simple exercise can turn things around so well for me. I am still doing my tea forms daily but have a question for those more experienced with them than I am. How long do I need to continue doing them or will I get to a point where they are the only way I think and not need to do them anymore? Thanks in advance for your replies:)
I'd still appreciate an answer:blush: I am sticking with them, usually doing them in the mornings and it gets my days off to a good start and no complaints here. They are a part of my routine now but I'm still wondering if I am going to need to do them forever or will they be my natural way of thinking eventually? Thanks.
Hey everybody it's me Jrank but I had to change my name because they updated things and my old sign-on didn't work any longer on the newer site anymore. Great to see that so many have joined in and shared their successes here. I am doing great and I still use my TEA forms but not everyday anymore as my way of thinking and reacting is pretty automatic now:yesyes:
Axel, keep up the good work and pretty soon your TEA forms will automatically be done in your head for you as your new default way of thinking.
Crystal, SB and everyone drop me a note if you are still posting here because Iwould love to hear how all of you are doing these days?
Jrank I have just replied to several of your posts so I won't be repetitive here but thanks for all your encouragement and I'm not sure where Axel is because I have tried reaching him and he does not respond. If you hear from him please thank him for all his great old posts for me because they have been really helpful to me:D
Whats a tea form???:shrug:
Kaz x:hugs:
Hi Kazzie,
The TEA form is the thought countering exercise in cbt that teaches you to change the way you process your thoughts, and when done properly will help you begin to eliminate most anxieties. I do them almost every day to manage my anxiety.
Bummer that Axel has disappeared:ohmy: I am so grateful to him and others who were instrumental in helping me get to where I am now. Hopefully he'll pop in again one of these days. I disappeared for awhile too:shades:
Kazzie, I could not have given a better answer on TEA forms. I hope you give CBT and TEA forms a try because they are both awesome!
Cece or anyone else, If you have Axel's e-mail address could you send it to me. Thanks:hugs:
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Hi,
Is there an author for this book?
There is no mention of it in the "recommeded" reading on the left.:unsure:
It sound as if it might be VERY useful.
Thank you
June
Thanks:D
I have had 2 lots of CBT which have nearly cured me but tea forms were never mentioned!!!
Kaz x x x:hugs:
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Hi,
Is there an author for this book?
There is no mention of it in the "recommeded" reading on the left.:unsure:
It sound as if it might be VERY useful.
Thank you
June
It was written by Sam Obitz with the foreword by Michelle Craske who is world reknowned for her work with panic disorder specifically:yesyes:
Thanks:D
I have had 2 lots of CBT which have nearly cured me but tea forms were never mentioned!!!
Kaz x x x:hugs:
That's great that you are getting better Kazzie:yesyes:
Odd that they didn't use the TEA forms though because they were the main component of my cbt treatment along with exposure treatment. We always had to do our TEA forms before and after each exposure also.
Take care:)
Sometimes TEA forms are known by other names like thought counter graphs or triple columns etc. I am sure you used something like them Kazzie:)
Thanks for that additional info on other names for TEA forms!
I'm a big fan of the TEA forms and the Obitz book. I first read it about 3-4 years ago, and it helped me as much as any other book I've read.
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Harstew, I'm glad you are back posting again:). I just left you a thank message on your thread in the success stories section.
Good to see you back Harstew. I hope you are able to post more often and I will try to also. We need all the positive story's we can get on here:D
We need all the positive story's we can get on here:D
I agree. Harstew's story was one of the first I ever read on this site:flowers:
I just caught myself being negative and complaining about all those who disappear once they get well, but I realizing it is more productive to focus on those of us who do come back and try and lift the others up:D
see my reply to you under almost done with my group Jrank:flowers:
Can anyone tell me if this book and the tea forms could help me in my situation? I wake with anxiety and have it for most of the day. It's not just about particular situations. I don't know why I'm anxious. Even if I was told I could stay in the house all day and not have to go out and do anything I would still feel anxious, shaky, agitated etc. I'm anxious about being anxious I think. It's the old fear of the fear. Anyway, any advice? Thank you.
i just put "tea forms" into Google and it limked to this post:blush:
june
Yes Mojo, somehow the act of putting the thoughts to paper in the manner described in that book is cathartic and brings forth a higher degree of self-awareness.
i just put "tea forms" into Google and it limked to this post:blush:
june
That reminds me of when I was growing up and looked up an unfamiliar word like spelunking and the definition would be something like, to spelunk. I really used to hate that:lac:
Can anyone tell me if this book and the tea forms could help me in my situation? I wake with anxiety and have it for most of the day. It's not just about particular situations. I don't know why I'm anxious. Even if I was told I could stay in the house all day and not have to go out and do anything I would still feel anxious, shaky, agitated etc. I'm anxious about being anxious I think. It's the old fear of the fear. Anyway, any advice? Thank you.
Being anxious about being anxious is a classic anxiety problem. The TEA forms will help you get out of your head and once you counter the thoughts on paper for awhile you will feel a lot better:)
That reminds me of when I was growing up and looked up an unfamiliar word like spelunking and the definition would be something like, to spelunk. I really used to hate that:lac:
I can totally relate and it is frustrating:mad:
Being anxious about being anxious is a classic anxiety problem. The TEA forms will help you get out of your head and once you counter the thoughts on paper for awhile you will feel a lot better:)
This is right on target. I was skeptical something so simple could help me but it really works and there is something therapeutic about writing your counter thoughts down as opposed to just countering them in your head. They say it builds new enhancing thought patterns in your brain.
I agree there is something about the process of writing things down that enhances your ability to remember things. Remember in school when they said the best way to learn was through writing things down? Of course I fought them at the time but looking back I think they were right on the money:D
I agree there is something about the process of writing things down that enhances your ability to remember things. Remember in school when they said the best way to learn was through writing things down? Of course I fought them at the time but looking back I think they were right on the money:D
Great analogy about school and note taking:yesyes: I never thought of that, excellent:)
You are welcome. I hope you and everyone else's new year is off to a good start. Mine is going well thus far:yesyes:
I too like the analogy about note taking in school :)
Nice to see you posting again Harstew:)
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