Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… From the Depths to the Shallows and Back Again, In Theory.
@twweaver I wonder if you could do an A-Z ABC of all the CBT's and DBT's and ACT'S with missing a letter. It would be like a Borge's story.
Thanks for putting me on to the last. That might be just the trick up the sleeve that's been missing.
I don't know if I ever named my Randy-ED, perhaps because it feels like there's more than one. But I too am partial to a swift expletive-off rather than an "oh thanks". Or sometimes opt for a mere "Ah, its you."
I've really been enjoying your blog for the past week now.
I'm conflicted in that I felt kinship going through your Reading List and spotting a good 40-50٪ similarities. The conflict coming from the difference being you've actually read the said twin 40٪ whereas my OBP (obsessive book purchasing) takes up the time that would otherwise be allotted for reading of the twin 40%.
Anyway, keep posting. XYZ.
@ducasse Thank you for the insightful comment and the kind words.
When I came across ACT, I was impressed in that it did, indeed, feel like a missing link. Not that any of my previous explorations were wrong, entirely, just that they never quite explained the problem of my inherent and learned behavior of treating myself as a problem to be solved. ACT, at least in my inchoate understanding, definitely takes from a variety of philosophies and ways of life; that it is an effective synthesis of several modes of thought may be the reason for its missing link status.
As for reading, my to-read stack is growing exponentially and is currently about eight stacks of ten high atop a xylophone; I've been playing catch-up for years now so we share that OBP.
So many initials, so little time; if anyone could do it, Borges would've been the one, certainly.
Thank you again - and thank you for reading!