Set Real Goul
Does'next on the menu' ring a bell for ya...normie
- Jul 10, 2026
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I have this feeling that psychological approaches like CBT, DBT, and other therapeutic techniques can't really help me in the long term. The reason is that they often seem to rely on the persuasiveness of a therapist, a self-help book, or my own emotional vulnerability at that particular moment. But I don't think I can maintain long-term faith in them, because eventually I'll become disappointed in one of those things.
It feels like the only exception would be if I arrived at something similar entirely on my own, through a very indirect path.
For example, I once wrote about how the philosophy of Wittgenstein and Hume helped me. By following their ideas, I independently arrived at something that resembles CBT and DBT techniques — but through a very roundabout route and in a completely different way.
I can compare myself to a eucalyptus tree. Eucalyptus is a tree native to Australia that spreads highly flammable oils around itself, causing the surrounding forest — and sometimes parts of itself — to burn. But because it has such a thick trunk, it doesn't burn down completely.
To me, CBT and DBT are like grafting a tree. Grafting is sometimes done to rejuvenate a tree, but more often to attach a different variety so it can bear different fruit.
For a while, CBT and DBT seemed to have been successfully grafted onto me. But the flammable resin kept spreading through the tree. Then, when my usual cycles of doubt and emotional upheaval returned, the fire came — and those grafted branches simply burned away.
What do you think? Has anyone else experienced something similar?
It feels like the only exception would be if I arrived at something similar entirely on my own, through a very indirect path.
For example, I once wrote about how the philosophy of Wittgenstein and Hume helped me. By following their ideas, I independently arrived at something that resembles CBT and DBT techniques — but through a very roundabout route and in a completely different way.
I can compare myself to a eucalyptus tree. Eucalyptus is a tree native to Australia that spreads highly flammable oils around itself, causing the surrounding forest — and sometimes parts of itself — to burn. But because it has such a thick trunk, it doesn't burn down completely.
To me, CBT and DBT are like grafting a tree. Grafting is sometimes done to rejuvenate a tree, but more often to attach a different variety so it can bear different fruit.
For a while, CBT and DBT seemed to have been successfully grafted onto me. But the flammable resin kept spreading through the tree. Then, when my usual cycles of doubt and emotional upheaval returned, the fire came — and those grafted branches simply burned away.
What do you think? Has anyone else experienced something similar?
