You're So Out the Loop

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On the album Rare (2017), by singer and rapper K Camp, is the song “Out the Loop”, featuring rapper Trouble, and which was produced by XL Eagle and Nard & B. On the chorus, K Camp states, “You[’re] so out the loop. You[’re] so out the loop!”

This idiomatic phrase regards an individual who isn’t part of a group of people making decisions about particular matters, or who know about such decisions. As an example, I’m out of the loop concerning data centers, especially artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

Although I’ve heard quite a bit about these structures as of late, I’m not in the loop regarding what exactly it is that they’re being used for, how they’ll impact the future, and so on and so forth. Will AI data centers bring about the end of society as I know it? I simply don’t know.

Therefore, I monitor information about data centers while currently remaining skeptical of claims about positive, neutral, and negative affects they’ll supposedly have. Because I know so little about what goes on in the loop of AI data centers, I instead focus more on what I do know.

For instance, I consider K Camp’s idiomatic expression in regard to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). If you’re unfamiliar with this psychotherapeutic modality, then I invite you to contemplate a relatively brief psychoeducational lesson, as you’re so out the loop at present.

REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable Action occurs and you Believe an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption, not the occurrence itself, that causes an unpleasant Consequence. This is known as distress or disturbance.

In particular, there are four predominate irrational beliefs which people often use to distress or disturb themselves: global evaluations, low frustration tolerance, awfulizing, and demandingness. When contemplating these unproductive scripts, think of the acronym GLAD.

Often, these GLAD narratives function in circular form. For example, imagine that AI data centers are being erected so that each and every United States (U.S.) citizen’s information can be contained in all-inclusive dossiers which ostensibly violate the Fourth Amendment (Action).

About this, you Believe, “The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are worthless, because U.S. citizens are having our rights stripped away by government-backed corporations which circumvent Fourth Amendment protections!” This is a Global evaluation.

You then continue along the loop of self-disturbance, like spinning a flaming hoop, by Believing, “I can’t stand that I’m helpless regarding whether or not AI data centers will impact my local community, city, state, or country!” This is a narrative of Low frustration tolerance.

Remaining on the flaming circular trajectory of self-disturbance, you Believe, “Data centers are awful, very bad, horrible, terrible, no good, and unacceptable nuisances, as they’ll likely be used in the whittling away of our already slim inalienable rights!” This is an example of Awfulizing.

‘Round and ‘round the flaming loop of self-disturbance goes as you Believe, “U.S. citizen rights, not supposed ‘rights’ of corporations, absolutely must be honored, or else U.S. politicians may as well rebrand our country as the ‘United Corporations of America!’” This is Demandingness.

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When spinning a loop of self-disturbed Beliefs, you’re likely to burn yourself, others, or the environment around you (Consequence). This spiraling effect may be invigorating during the moment, though the result of looping unproductive Beliefs can leave a lasting impact.

Addressing how people upset themselves with unhelpful attitudes, the ABC model incorporates Disputation of unproductive philosophies of life in order to explore Effective new beliefs. Whereas rigid beliefs cause self-disturbance, flexible beliefs result in an un-disturbed condition.

When practicing REBT in my personal and professional life, to include content presented within my blog, I note that people aren’t their Beliefs—irrespective of whether or not these perspectives regard distress (i.e., negative and healthy) or disturbance (i.e., negative an unhealthy).

The takeaway is that despite your Beliefs, you’re so out the loop when it comes to attitudes of self-distress and self-disturbance that the content of this blogpost may be worth remembering. You maintain personal scripts, though you aren’t these personal philosophies of life.

When Disputing unhelpful Beliefs, or when accepting Effective new beliefs, I encourage you to understand that you aren’t your cognitions. Ergo, you’re so out the loop that you can challenge when necessary and accept when needed. Either way, I hope your Beliefs don’t burn you!

If you’re looking for a provider who tries to work to help understand how thinking impacts physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral elements of your life—helping you to sharpen your critical thinking skills, I invite you to reach out today by using the contact widget on my website.

As the world’s foremost hip hop-influenced REBT psychotherapist, I’m pleased to try to help people with an assortment of issues from anger (hostility, rage, and aggression) to relational issues, adjustment matters, trauma experience, justice involvement, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression, and other mood or personality-related matters.

At Hollings Therapy, LLC, serving all of Texas, I aim to treat clients with dignity and respect while offering a multi-lensed approach to the practice of psychotherapy and life coaching. My mission includes: Prioritizing the cognitive and emotive needs of clients, an overall reduction in client suffering, and supporting sustainable growth for the clients I serve. Rather than simply trying to help you to feel better, I want to try to help you get better!

Deric Hollings, LPC, LCSW

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