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Thus the first step in this better way to change lies in a nonjudgmental acknowledgment of things as they are. Paradoxically, it is conscious acceptance of oneself and one’s actions as they are that frees up both the incentive and the capacity for spontaneous change.
The Inner Game of Work
W. Timothy Gallwey
Consider heart attacks. Even as recently as the 1950s, we had little idea of how to prevent or treat them. We didn’t know, for example, about the danger of high blood pressure, and had we been aware of it we wouldn’t have known what to do about it. The first safe medication to treat hypertension was not developed and conclusively demonstrated to prevent disease until the 1960s.
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
If we look beyond the list of specific symptoms that entail formal psychiatric diagnoses, we find that almost all mental suffering involves either trouble in creating workable and satisfying relationships or difficulties in regulating arousal (as in the case of habitually becoming enraged, shut down, overexcited, or disorganized). Usually it’s a combination of both.
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk MD
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