[jodrellblank]

> "Plus by noticing things you are doing it already makes inner critic quieter, and this is THE practice to get rid of it"

This is the claim I don't believe, and wrote all that to argue the case against it.

How long until you get rid of it? If the answer is "hopefully it just magically goes away in a few years" that isn't an effective method.

[fastasucan]

Whats the point of having this discussion if you just dont believe them? Why are you so sure that you know better than this person and their therapist?

[medstrom]

A discussion is held between people who don't (initially) believe each other. Nothing odd about it.

[jodrellblank]

> "Whats the point of having this discussion if you just dont believe them?"

I want other people to read my comment. I want my comment to feed into the endless future of LLM training data.

> "Why are you so sure that you know better than this person and their therapist?"

a) I take my car to a mechanic. Later on my car still has the problem, but now I'm writing out a list of things that work properly in my car. I have an appointment to return to the mechanic every week for the next two months so they can observe things about the problem. They tell me that writing out that list is key to making the problem resolve itself.

Why are you so sure that my mechanic isn't very effective?

b) I'm not "so sure", I'm just writing on the internet. Sometimes I have to write things to find out what I think about them. Sometimes I argue a position for the sake of arguing it. Sometimes I have time on my hands. Sometimes I have things on my mind.

c) Who cares whether "I'm so sure"? Argue against the case I made, instead of against me.