Website owner: James Miller
I believe that the cause of most mental problems lies somewhere in one or more of the following: basic assumptions, beliefs, ideas, values, outlooks, attitudes. That is, I believe that for a particular mental problem there is some offending basic assumption, belief, idea, value, outlook, or attitude that is causing it (or perhaps some combination of them). I believe if that belief, attitude, etc. that is causing the problem for some reason changes then the mental problem will disappear. The problem is to identify the offending assumption, attitude, etc. and induce a change. People as they live life develop attitudes, assumptions, values, etc. that they cling to and are likely to carry all their lives unless, for some reason, they come to question them and change them. The basic attitudes, assumptions, etc. that we carry determine how we deal with life, respond to situations, handle problems, etc. The right ones produce a calm, healthy, well-balanced person. The wrong ones cause problems. Nov 2004
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