Episode 13 Season 3: Rethinking Our Thoughts Part I: What Are Cognitive Distortions and How Can I Overcome Them?

Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery

Episode Description

Rethinking Our Thoughts Part I: What Are Cognitive Distortions and How Can I Overcome Them? discusses how hope is not just something we have in Christ, but is also something we can cultivate on the healing journey, even if we're feeling hopeless. We learn hope by practicing it daily. Investing in our healing and taking daily steps toward progress today can give us hope for the future. Think about a time you made good choices or cultivated healthy daily habits in the past that you are benefitting from now. Now connect this experience to a current difficulty. If you make good choices now, you are giving yourself something to look forward to and hope to your future self. However, the process cannot be forced. It's accepting our difficult emotions with compassion--and not forcing healing--that moves us forward in hope. But the path doesn't always appear on its own. Cultivating a daily practice, meditating on hope in Christ, and trying something constructive will move us forward. When we take a leap of faith, then the path appears.

Breakdown of Episode
1:17 Intro to Topic
5:30 What Are Cognitive Distortions?
18:16 What Causes Cognitive Distortions and Examples of Them
22:36 Why Working on Cognitive Distortions is Scriptural
26:28 The Ten Cognitive Distortions
1:00:00 Healing Cognitive Distortions

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