So, now when I feel anxious, I will just visualize 4 cow legs with no cow attatched?! How is that going to help me? Rather terrifying to picture that...
I have been studying CBT and often get trapped in this cognitive distortion of emotional reasoning. For instance sometimes I feel really sad and then I ask myself if there there is an evidence or reason I should be sad. The answer that comes up to is yes. The reason is I have terminal cancer. My doctor told me I have probably maximum 3 years to live. Is that enough evidence to feel sad?
From my limited understanding of this stuff, it doesn't sound like you're not really experiencing cognitive distortion because the evidence of your sadness is legitimate. You're able to come up with good evidence of your sadness. You have the ability to not let your emotions dictate your behavior going forward, but are you really needing any emotional adjustment given your circumstances? Just a thought. PS. Im sorry for the position you've found yourself in. Not sure how I would handle that.
