Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K)
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It doesn't mean that they're egotistical in the sense that they think highly of themselves, but their identity is very, very robust and concrete.
I'm pathetic.
I'm a loser.
I'm worse than everyone else.
Everyone would be better without me.
We also see very, very hyperactive ego in things like the incel population, right?
I'm a beta, other people are alphas.
I am this, I am this, I am, I am, I am.
So if we sort of stop and think about what's really going on there, in a lot of our mental illnesses and the ones that are, it's really interesting, right?
Because we're...
They're very effective for the mental illnesses that have a large part of ego.
We don't see a huge ego in schizophrenia.
We don't see a huge ego in OCD.
We see huge egos in addictions.
Oh, yeah, I'm a loser.
I'm pathetic.
I'm an alcoholic.
I should be able to control myself.
I'm undisciplined.
I'm lazy.