Lesson 6: Managing Cravings And Urges - Slide 20
Step 2: Reattribute
- Answer the questions:
- Why don’t these bothersome thoughts, cravings, and urges go away?
- Why do they keep bothering me?
- What causes them?
- There is strong evidence that a chemical imbalance causes your brain to get stuck and
send wrong messages repeatedly
- Your goal in this step is to realize
that it’s hard for you to shift
behaviors because these sticky
thoughts and urges are due to
your balky brain
Notes:
Pg. 10, Schwartz, Jeffrey, M., 1996, “Brain Lock, Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, A Four-Step Self-Treatment Method To Change Your Brain Chemistry,” Regan Books/Harper Collins Publishers, New York.
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