TEAM up for health

"A new form of CBT, known as TEAMS (Think Effectively About Mood Swings), is being developed .... It aims to improve on previous therapies by focusing on current problems, like depression, anxiety and irritability, and helping patients to set goals for their life as a whole.

The aim of this new approach is to encourage patients to accept and manage a range of normal emotions -- like joy, anger and fear -- and a controlled trial is about to start following a successful case series of the TEAMS approach."

Sounds dumb (Teams. Whatever.) but good at the same time. A new approach: think about your moods as something that happens, not something that controls you. Think about what joy or sadness is, and let it pass. Sounds pretty much what I try to do. I try to identify them and not let them control me.

CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy) really worked for me when I did it. It just teaches you to think differently; almost to not take everything so seriously. It's a nice prescription for how to go about life. You know, one day at a time, not taking everything so seriously. Sounds like AA, doesn't it?