Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanojia
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Now life has ups.
They said yes.
And we went on two dates.
They said, hey, they don't really see me romantically.
And it has a down.
So now the question becomes, are you going to be anxious and paralyzed?
Or are you going to live life again?
Oh, another down, another down, and then an up.
And then you end up dating someone for like a year.
We've seen these kinds of progress in our community.
People post about it all the time.
It does work.
I've seen it in my patients.
So that is paradoxical intention.
Bring it on.
The second technique that we're going to talk about is called dereflection.
So Frankel noticed that when he worked with people who are existentially depressed, they tend to be hyper focused on a particular problem and its implications.
So let's say that someone gets dumped or someone fails a test.
We tend to focus fully on this thing.
Our eyes kind of tunnel down into this thing and the impact in our lives.