A few corrections to my previous message...

I reread what I wrote and something doesn't seem clear, let me explain:

"I believe there is such a powerful experience during the ACTION (COMPULSION) phase that makes this INITIAL EMOTION as exciting or maybe more so than the FINAL EMOTION that leads to some sort of a miserable state. Therefore the person faces a dilemma that the DISTORTED THINKING helps remediate for the worst in the following manner: "the follow-up miserable state is caused by the RESTRAINING THOUGHT and not by the whole maladaptive process"; which is actually false, since the RESTRAINING THOUGHT is the alarm that goes off very early but is overpowered by the false cognition, and the promising excitement of the behavior and the INITIAL EMOTION.
Therefore the person seeks the pleasurable experiences of the COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR and the INITIAL EMOTION attributing to them the power of a great and intense experience (which actually could be true in a way, and thus blaming the RESTRAINING THOUGHT for the final results."

I hope this correction clarifies a bit what I wrote earlier
(Again, I wish I could include my little diagram for clarification)

Demian
musicoterapia@bigfoot.com

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