Mastodawn

Western psychology often violates Buddhism, by selling Buddhist techniques (equanimity as 'radical acceptance', detached awareness as 'cognitive defusion', etc) at the high price of a psychotherapist. Buddha wanted his Dhamma to be freely available for everyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_and_commitment_therapy

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Acceptance and commitment therapy - Wikipedia

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Strypey Jul 13, 2025

"Cognitive defusion involves distancing yourself from and changing the way you react to distressing thoughts and feelings, which will mitigate their harmful effects. Techniques for cognitive defusion include observing a thought without judgment, singing the thought, and labeling the automatic response that you have."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy

OMG this is what Beck was doing with Loser!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives.

Psychology Today