Aaron Cariotti

We could keep doing it over and over and over again. But any catharsis or relief or quasi-social cohesion that you get from this is only going to be temporary. It's going to be fake.

We could keep doing it over and over and over again. But any catharsis or relief or quasi-social cohesion that you get from this is only going to be temporary. It's going to be fake.

Well, I mean, look, the solution is anything that pushes back against the nature of the problem. So if the nature of the problem is loneliness, isolation, and alienation, then the solution is connecting with our fellow you know, fellow human beings in ways that are, uh, deep and resonant and grounded in friendship and solidarity and care and concern.

Well, I mean, look, the solution is anything that pushes back against the nature of the problem. So if the nature of the problem is loneliness, isolation, and alienation, then the solution is connecting with our fellow you know, fellow human beings in ways that are, uh, deep and resonant and grounded in friendship and solidarity and care and concern.

Um, so I'm sorry to sound corny, but like love is actually the solution.

Um, so I'm sorry to sound corny, but like love is actually the solution.

Dr. Drew. You want to spend the whole session talking about Dr. Drew?

Dr. Drew. You want to spend the whole session talking about Dr. Drew?

There's been a lot of research in recent years on the psychological and social effects of forgiveness, Drew. And You can only forgive someone if they have actually wronged you. And we are, because of our selfishness, our narcissism, our wounded, fallen human nature, we are going to hurt one another. that does happen and people have been sincerely hurt.

There's been a lot of research in recent years on the psychological and social effects of forgiveness, Drew. And You can only forgive someone if they have actually wronged you. And we are, because of our selfishness, our narcissism, our wounded, fallen human nature, we are going to hurt one another. that does happen and people have been sincerely hurt.

Everyone has to some extent, some people much more than others. So there's a lot of suffering people out there and there's various ways to try to contend with that suffering. Retaliation and scapegoating would be a very common mechanism to try to deal with the aggression, anger, hatred, resentment, and so forth that stems from those experiences.

Everyone has to some extent, some people much more than others. So there's a lot of suffering people out there and there's various ways to try to contend with that suffering. Retaliation and scapegoating would be a very common mechanism to try to deal with the aggression, anger, hatred, resentment, and so forth that stems from those experiences.

from those wounds from having been wronged in many cases seriously wronged forgiveness is giving something to someone that they don't deserve it's letting go and relinquishing that anger hatred resentment and desire for revenge it can be an interior process that doesn't necessarily entail that I reconcile a relationship, right?

from those wounds from having been wronged in many cases seriously wronged forgiveness is giving something to someone that they don't deserve it's letting go and relinquishing that anger hatred resentment and desire for revenge it can be an interior process that doesn't necessarily entail that I reconcile a relationship, right?

I can forgive someone who has abused me in a relationship without getting back into a relationship with that person. The forgiveness process can be an interior process of letting go of that anger, hatred, resentment, and so forth. To me, that is actually, it's a much more difficult process to undergo. It's very, very hard.

I can forgive someone who has abused me in a relationship without getting back into a relationship with that person. The forgiveness process can be an interior process of letting go of that anger, hatred, resentment, and so forth. To me, that is actually, it's a much more difficult process to undergo. It's very, very hard.

Sometimes forgiving someone who's sincerely wronged you is going to be one of the most difficult things a human being can do. But if you don't engage in that process, what are you left with?

Sometimes forgiving someone who's sincerely wronged you is going to be one of the most difficult things a human being can do. But if you don't engage in that process, what are you left with?

You're left with this cancer inside of you that eats you up and then finds an outlet in things like a public murder that I then go on online and celebrate because it feeds into that desire for vengeance that's been stewing in me for years or even in some cases, maybe for decades.

You're left with this cancer inside of you that eats you up and then finds an outlet in things like a public murder that I then go on online and celebrate because it feeds into that desire for vengeance that's been stewing in me for years or even in some cases, maybe for decades.