how to understand your CORE BELIEFS 🧠 | Downward Arrow Technique!

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy relies a lot on downward arrow technique in the early stages to increase understanding of people's subsconscious fears and beliefs (or negative core beliefs). It's a simple yet really powerful technique which I found was so helpful in understanding WHY I felt big emotions, so give it a try!
Today I break down the history of downward arrow technique starting from Aaron Beck's CBT model, and go into an explanation of how it works, as well as examples.
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  • @lurlinerigney3005
    @lurlinerigney30054 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for this..our thoughts can confuse what we want but when we go back to the bigger picture..we realise what we want and how to get it .. sticking to our own self core beliefs is so important to our identity ..never doubt yourself..we don't know what we're capable till we do something 💯🙌👍✌️

  • @114antony
    @114antony3 ай бұрын

    Best downward arrow video on KZread!

  • @joelwilliams3115
    @joelwilliams31154 ай бұрын

    Great video. Sometimes I feel like no matter how aware of my beliefs and thoughts I am, I am powerless to change them. I still think these things like ‘I’m an idiot’ or ‘I’m socially inept’. I know they’re maladaptive, but I still keep thinking it. I don’t know how to get my brain to stop saying these words, it gets tiring reminding myself that thoughts aren’t facts all the time

  • @thepsychdiaries

    @thepsychdiaries

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing ♥️ hmm CBT works on challenging the thoughts but the most powerful is always changing behaviour! So if I was worried I was socially inept I might avoid social situations so the opposite would be to make ourselves go and have a conversation with a new person and to keep doing it over and over and over even if it feels weird or we stumble. Eventually we become a new person through the slow changing of behaviour. I had pretty crippling social anxiety when I was younger so I can definitely relate. You got this!

  • @freeandsimple2151
    @freeandsimple2151Ай бұрын

    Very helpful presentation, thank you so much.

  • @shrutinair573
    @shrutinair5734 ай бұрын

    Hi Roe ! I've been watching you for a year now and I love these informative videos. Thank you for this ❤

  • @sophie200791
    @sophie2007914 ай бұрын

    This is amazing Ro!! Super clear and very informative!! The video editing's amazing too!

  • @Spookswitchyshenanigans
    @SpookswitchyshenanigansАй бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing this video. Your examples were great and made it easy to understand this technique.

  • @eyebutterfly
    @eyebutterfly4 ай бұрын

    Great content Ro! ❤

  • @taratempleman6864
    @taratempleman68644 ай бұрын

    Loved this video ❤

  • @irateinwit
    @irateinwitАй бұрын

    This video itself is therapy

  • @aminakazzaz8048
    @aminakazzaz80484 ай бұрын

    wow, I really like it so much. thank you

  • @user-td2lg1fl6h
    @user-td2lg1fl6h19 сағат бұрын

    Toyota’s 5 whys

  • @cairosilver2932
    @cairosilver29324 ай бұрын

    I think if you go deep enough with a fear it often relates to survivalism of some kind - usually the hard thing is that part of the survivalism is a reflex from our distant past to something that isn't present now, but some other parts of the survivalism are actually entirely relevant and backed by evidence. But the one fear consists of both things, so it's like trying to introspect in order to find and separate the applicable fear from the non applicable one.

  • @thepsychdiaries

    @thepsychdiaries

    4 ай бұрын

    Interesting :) I have also observed a growing body of research relating to death anxiety if that's what you're referring to, I'll have to look more into it!

  • @cairosilver2932

    @cairosilver2932

    4 ай бұрын

    @@thepsychdiaries I think more like food (example: cost of living rises), shelter (rent rises, mortage rate rises), connection to community (in the distant past a lack of connection meant real risk of dying) and romance (arguably very core: the furthering of genes). Fears that are primordial and part of our core and might be partly valid in the client's current life but not entirely valid. A difficult combination. But that's my estimate, I should really go see if I could drum up a bunch of references as support for it!

  • @user-bm5yn7pp7u
    @user-bm5yn7pp7u4 ай бұрын

    Hi Ro! I'm a very big fan of you, and besides, I love how you speak! I'm Japanese, not a native speaker of English, but I want to be able to speak English with a bit of confidence. How can I develop my confidence? I try to catch up with all of videos you have posted! ❤

  • @thepsychdiaries

    @thepsychdiaries

    4 ай бұрын

    Hello welcome! That's amazing- hmm all I can think of is to keep practising and reminding yourself that it's a huge accomplishment to be bilingual and having the persistence to learn is very impressive (especially Japanese to English as they're so different). Maybe also remembering not to compare yourself to other native speakers- trust me all of us native english speakers would struggle so much trying to learn Japanese and if anyone is unsupportive its because they have never tried to learn a new language themselves. Best of luck!

  • @user-bm5yn7pp7u

    @user-bm5yn7pp7u

    4 ай бұрын

    @@thepsychdiaries Thank you for your reply.🩷I tend to compare myself with somebody that speaks English so well, and I hate myself doing comparison. If I were in Sydney, I'd like to have a session with you to improve my confidence. Please keep posting. I love Aussie accent, and I'm infatuated with Australia! So, your video clips remind me of fun time I had in Sydney! Yes, I've lived there for a little while a long time before. And, I miss Australia.🥹🥹🥹🥹

  • @mac_sour

    @mac_sour

    3 ай бұрын

    your english is great by the way, keep at it!

  • @RelaxingCozyNest
    @RelaxingCozyNest4 ай бұрын

    I love your content so much. U deserve so much better.🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍💙

  • @drumbun6622
    @drumbun66222 ай бұрын

    Νice thank you, how to change the core beleifs its the most difficult, if they ever change...

  • @lilirose4387
    @lilirose43874 ай бұрын

    Hi thank you so much for making this video ❤ I wanted to ask what can I do if the root of the anxiety is directly related to the situation but I need to calm down? (This is if getting away from the problem is currently impossible)

  • @thepsychdiaries

    @thepsychdiaries

    4 ай бұрын

    Oh rough one :( if it's completely unchangeable and sometimes things for a little bit- maybe thinking about the 2 or 3 things that are within your control that might be able to help out in an indirect way and then make a plan for the moment the unchangeable situation can change (sorry this is a bit vague but hard unless I had more details). All the best!

  • @lilirose4387

    @lilirose4387

    4 ай бұрын

    @@thepsychdiaries thank you so much 🥰

  • @ChrisB-ki9ch
    @ChrisB-ki9ch4 ай бұрын

    Harry's kinda rude... you dodged a bullet.

  • @thepsychdiaries

    @thepsychdiaries

    4 ай бұрын

    Omg I chuckled

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