This Neurologist who specializes in sleep disorders said, "lf you can't sleep without a fan, a show, or noise, that's not "just a preference." That's your nervous system needing distraction because silence feels unsafe.

Had an interesting discussion with a group of therapists. More disagreement than I expected. Should every therapist be in therapy themselves?

People who are terrified of suffering don't allow themselves to experience reality. They suffer neurotically, but they don't live the real conflict. And they're afraid to die so they're stuck. This is the problem in addictions.~Marion Woodman

Five dimensional chess doesn’t exist. Everyone is furiously improvising all the time. The future is utterly uncertain.

Most suffering comes from caring about something that's important to you. Suffering is an expression of your values and attachments. This explains why the quest to avoid to eliminate all suffering so often disconnects people, pulling them away from meaning and purpose.

I think those are good thoughts. I think others can help self-awareness, but it really depends on multiple factors (@AlobhaPatrick addressed many of those in his podcast). I don’t think it is a necessity for a therapist to be in ongoing therapy. I appreciated going to therapy and got something out of it. But I don’t feel the need to always be in it for the sake of being in it.

Healing isn't when the pain stops, it's when the patterns do.

Then when these people become young adults and die of suicide or drugs due to this abuse, it gets framed as "well, they always struggled, we gave them the best care."

No. Example: Let the PD types be their unique messy selves, which often can help very specific types of people.

Going Live today at 3pm PST on YooToob. Link in bio. A few hot takes incoming. Especially on why therapy or treatment does not “work.” Hope to see @SystemicTexism @Careerflex @RyanMalphrus @DFMagee and others there!

“Imagine if Taylor Swift would have been put on an SSRI as a teenager.” “The reason her music is so good is because you feel her intense lows and her super high highs.” “We would not have Taylor Swift if she would’ve been medicalized.” Alex Clark raises a question that cuts to the heart of medicalization. How many gifted, creative, deeply feeling young people have we taught to see their emotional intensity as a disorder rather than part of what makes them who they are? When we medicalize pain, sadness, grief, and struggle, we risk losing something beautiful about the human experience itself. @yoalexrapz

Here is a list of things to practice/work on (in sequence of which you should focus on) to become a “good enough” beginner-ish therapist. IMO. FWIW. It’s all stuff we continue to refine and master over years, but you can get the hang of it enough to be “good enough” first. 1/

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