From a person’s perspective, these characteristics linger in relationships until someone builds the courage to end it. Lets Discuss the Robinson Crusoe Syndrome. The (RC) syndrome described by (Lubetkin and Omando) Are problems of such, imagery of all the horrendous possibilities that will occur when you are stranded on the desert island of aloneness. You fear that you won’t be able to handle the single scene. You fear of other people rejecting you and fearing that you won’t have another good relationship. Robinson Crusoe Syndrome has a little of the other twelve syndromes that described. But the question here is how do Cognitive Therapist approach relationship problems of this sort. Sense Cognitive therapist see people as thinking in distorted ways, therapist try to have couples in thinking positive ways that will help them. People who believe that they have nothing to do or in the stage of low self esteem (Burns p.50) suggest they need to substitute creative, rewarding activities, for their usual dreary life style. Here is list of suggestions that (Burns p.50) presents towards this type of cognition. They might seem stupid and ridiculous because we all think that people do think this way. This is the conception that other people think as we live our lives with are other half. Think of things you used to enjoy doing with someone else, such as going to play, shopping, or hiking. Develop a skill like, karate, golf, weight lifting, or dancing. This allows people to grow and create a better life fulfilling self-esteem. Many times people end up staying home and allowing themselves to isolate, (Burns p.51) being alone will never make you unhappy, but treating yourself in an unloving manner certainly will. What Burns means by this not treating yourself to good things in life. For example buying your self a nice dress, taking yourself to a nice restaurant. These are things that allow you for new experien...
