| Here's a quick story. It's unrelated to depression but it's something related to asking yourself "are you sure?". I once had stitches which had to be removed after about 2 weeks. It was the only time I've gotten stitches. It's a weird experience which involves a fair bit of tugging and feeling things you've never felt before along with maybe a little blood. The doctor told me to let him know if it hurt. After the first tug I said is it normal to feel pain? Then he asked me if what I'm feeling is really pain or is it a sensation? Then he did it a few more times and he was right. I wasn't feeling real pain. I was feeling a combination of sensations I wasn't familiar with. Yes there was a bit of tugging, pressure and a little bit of pinching but I wouldn't register it as "actual pain". Maybe it was like a 1.5 out of 10 on a pain scale. A minor discomfort at most and completely manageable. But even now, years later I sometimes think back to that experience in other contexts and ask myself "are you sure?" when evaluating situations or thought processes. It's not a lack of confidence, it's more about making sure I'm assessing things in a fair and reasonable way. |
What you miss is that solutions like the one you suggest simply cannot be implemented by those that are suffering. Folks who have not encountered such a problem cant even understand it. "logical" or "reasoning" solutions do not work. What is required starts with empathy to slowly rewire the brain in those that are suffering.
There is a spectrum in sticky thinking and all of us fall somewhere in that spectrum.
But I like your idea, and those of us who are "normal" can use something like it to eliminate chains of worrisome thinking.