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Subject: Re: the aftermath / KIM


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Deb
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Date Posted: 07:51:00 01/16/05 Sun
In reply to: Chocolate 's message, "Re: the aftermath" on 01:04:16 01/13/05 Thu
 >Deb is totally right. You are not a failure. If you
>fail a course that does not make you a failure.
>
>I think a lot of people know this feeling. For me, I
>always feel like I am a failure. Try to resist it (I
>know that is nearly impossible)
>
>Anyway, everybody has their hard times in school. What
>I do want to advise you is to stop drinking coffee (if
>you do) I know it gives you the idea that you can
>study longer but it breaks your concentration. Get
>some sugar in your body (either by fruit or just real
>sugar) and take a vitamine B supplement for
>concentration.
>
>I hope you feel better soon, nobody in here thinks you
>are a failure. I believe you are a great person,
>whatever happens with your course.
>
>Chocolate

Ran across this while perusing my notes on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and thought it was a good example to illustrate one part of C.B.T....the all or nothing thinking and how you could change the way you thought about that anatomy course you're struggling with.

All-or-nothing thinking:

Try thinking in shades. If you failed a test don't think of it as a 'total' failure because this is not true.

i.e. If the passing grade for a test is 60% and you score a 55% then you're only 5% off from passing, so how could that be a total failure if you knew over 90% of the information required to pass the test? See?

Hope things are better for you! :o)
Deb
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