Donald Robertson
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The one thing that the majority of people agree on is that you shouldn't contradict yourself.
The one thing that the majority of people agree on is that you shouldn't contradict yourself.
The one thing that the majority of people agree on is that you shouldn't contradict yourself.
morally you know and if you're saying one thing and doing another like if you're applying a double standard most people agree there's something wrong there like and it's reason that helps us to spot those contradictions and attempt to resolve them so there's a simple way i think that many people can make in progress in terms of morality and self-improvement just by questioning their own standards in the way that socrates teaches these young men to
morally you know and if you're saying one thing and doing another like if you're applying a double standard most people agree there's something wrong there like and it's reason that helps us to spot those contradictions and attempt to resolve them so there's a simple way i think that many people can make in progress in terms of morality and self-improvement just by questioning their own standards in the way that socrates teaches these young men to
morally you know and if you're saying one thing and doing another like if you're applying a double standard most people agree there's something wrong there like and it's reason that helps us to spot those contradictions and attempt to resolve them so there's a simple way i think that many people can make in progress in terms of morality and self-improvement just by questioning their own standards in the way that socrates teaches these young men to
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think there are a number, let me kind of explain what he's doing, I think, from a different perspective, from a more psychological perspective, right? And in doing that, I'll maybe make its relevance a bit more apparent to modern self-improvement.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think there are a number, let me kind of explain what he's doing, I think, from a different perspective, from a more psychological perspective, right? And in doing that, I'll maybe make its relevance a bit more apparent to modern self-improvement.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think there are a number, let me kind of explain what he's doing, I think, from a different perspective, from a more psychological perspective, right? And in doing that, I'll maybe make its relevance a bit more apparent to modern self-improvement.
So there's a body of research in modern psychotherapy and psychology and in the field of coping and stress that we can analyze different coping strategies that people use to deal with stress, right? And these are the strategies that you find in self-help books and self-improvement books, right?
So there's a body of research in modern psychotherapy and psychology and in the field of coping and stress that we can analyze different coping strategies that people use to deal with stress, right? And these are the strategies that you find in self-help books and self-improvement books, right?
So there's a body of research in modern psychotherapy and psychology and in the field of coping and stress that we can analyze different coping strategies that people use to deal with stress, right? And these are the strategies that you find in self-help books and self-improvement books, right?
So maybe breathing exercises, relaxation technique, cognitive therapy, positive affirmations, positive visualization, even things like avoidance, just running away from the situation and
So maybe breathing exercises, relaxation technique, cognitive therapy, positive affirmations, positive visualization, even things like avoidance, just running away from the situation and
So maybe breathing exercises, relaxation technique, cognitive therapy, positive affirmations, positive visualization, even things like avoidance, just running away from the situation and
you know or accessing other social support getting someone else to help you in a situation or things like that there's like lots of different ways that you could potentially cope with anxiety depression stressful situations right but no one of those coping strategies works every time and the people that exhibit the most emotional resilience and are most able to recover from anxiety and depression are generally found to be the ones that have something we call coping flexibility
you know or accessing other social support getting someone else to help you in a situation or things like that there's like lots of different ways that you could potentially cope with anxiety depression stressful situations right but no one of those coping strategies works every time and the people that exhibit the most emotional resilience and are most able to recover from anxiety and depression are generally found to be the ones that have something we call coping flexibility
you know or accessing other social support getting someone else to help you in a situation or things like that there's like lots of different ways that you could potentially cope with anxiety depression stressful situations right but no one of those coping strategies works every time and the people that exhibit the most emotional resilience and are most able to recover from anxiety and depression are generally found to be the ones that have something we call coping flexibility
So they're able to choose intelligently between whether to confront a situation assertively or whether to back away from it and resign themselves to it with emotional acceptance.
So they're able to choose intelligently between whether to confront a situation assertively or whether to back away from it and resign themselves to it with emotional acceptance.