Experimenting with assumptions underlying your NATs

Sometimes you may find it hard to think of a way to test your NAT directly, but it is worth thinking about the background assumptions on which it relies, and seeing if you can devise a way to challenge those.

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Kay had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). She had become terrified that if she allowed herself to mentally picture her mother in a state of ill health then somehow magically she would bring about her death. She had developed all sorts of rituals to distract her and keep this image out of her mind.

We talked about the logical impossibility of there being any significant connection between ...

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