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Well, I have a plan. I followed the five steps. And I still feel crappy and angry.
Usually I do the steps bc I'm finding it hard to move forwards, I'm stuck in some kind of depressive rut or frantic loop, and the steps give me an opportunity to sit down and think about my options. I rarely feel better having just written down my 5 steps, but tend to feel a lot better once I've actually done them, ie: after I've done step 5, not just decided to do it.
Having a plan is not completing the 5 steps. The "Do it" command is an imperative part of their therapeutic quality. So when you said you did the steps and still felt crappy, you hadn't actually completed step 5 had you? Did you feel better once you'd got stuck into your new book?