Belle,

Thank you for this info. Regarding :

Sadly, these patters are pervasive and endure even after years of cognitive-behavioral interventions, including LOA. . . . In a nutshell, the person that has the most difficult time putting LOA into action is the one that 1) has a hyperactive amygdula, 2) has a low functioning prefrontal cortex, 3) has impaired functioning in the anterior cingulate, and 4) has a nucleus accumbens that is "running the show."

I was able to make a tad of progress using faith and giving my problems to God when they seemed overwhelming, but still that did not do much to keep me from repeating bad patterns no matter how much I tried. The Master-Key System did help me and then while I was studying that, I tried PATHS.

Within 2 weeks on the PATHS self esteem module, I was making changes by leaps and bounds after about 5 years of getting worse and worse with the negative cycling. I doubt anything else would have given me the same effect. (To be fair I never tried prescriptions besides a few uses of xanex and a muscle relaxer - not sure what consistant use of a psych prescription would have done for me but I was against trying it.)

Jessica