Cognitive Reframing
30 Philosophers, Chapter 13, Marcus Aurelius, Touchstone 33: Cognitive Reframing.
Cognitive Reframing: an Ancient Stoic “CBT” Technique: Cognitive reframing is a modern therapeutic technique employed in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other forms of psychotherapy, and it has its philosophical roots in ancient Stoic thought, and Zeno himself is behind it.
Emotions are not arbitrary or purely biological responses, they are rooted in your worldview and affected by the world around you. When you experience an emotion, it is often because you have made a judgment about it.
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Cognitive reframing is the technique where you ask how else you can interpret something.
Subject: Mental Agency.
Mental agency is deliberately influencing what you attend to, how you interpret experience, and how you respond mentally. One technique is cognitive reframing where you ask how else you can interpret something. The key idea is that events frequently have several valid interpretations. Why not reframe events to align with a better life.
What is the technique where you ask how else you can interpret something?.
Answer. Cognitive Reframing.
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