The Enemy's Tactics for Our Minds, Part 1 (TMF:2228)

Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Peace to Live By: The Enemy's Tactics for Our Minds, Part 1 (TMF:2228) - Daniel Litton
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       The truth is, one of my favorite books of all time is titled ‘Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy’ by David D. Burns. In the book, psychologist Dr. Burns discusses the use of Cognitive Therapy, or CT for short. It is a method of treating bad thinking, particularly depression, in the psychology world without the use of medicine (though often the two are used at the same time). But I believe the principles Dr. Burns outlines are beneficial to all kinds of life situations, not just to the depressed mind. We want to have control of our thoughts. That’s first and foremost. But, secondly, we don’t want to be thinking about things that really aren’t true. We don’t want to be distorted inside our minds. It isn’t helpful for us when we are believing things about other people that aren’t true. Well, one way to break through all of this is by understanding Dr. Burn’s Cognitive Distortions. There are ten of them, and they are listed in chapter 3 of that book. What Dr. Burns had identified, I believe, is really the tactics by which our enemy (you know whom I’m talking about) strives to work against us.