Dr. Daniel Amen
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Yes.
All of us.
Like, this is going to sound really crazy, but we have two dogs and I love them both.
But the German Shepherd loves my wife like way more than me.
Yeah.
I come home and he's like, hey, dude, what's up?
She comes home.
It's like, oh my God, I love you so much.
This is, where have you been?
I've been longing for you.
I mean, she's just nuts.
And he was in my office because when she's not around, he loves me and he comes hanging out with me.
And then I just had the thought, you know, if I killed my wife, he would love me more.
And then I'm like,
Yeah, but no.
No, we're not killing her.
And it's just your brain.
Jerry Seinfeld said this, your brain is a sneaky organ.
We all have weird, crazy, stupid, sexual, violent thoughts that nobody should ever hear.
And just because you have a thought has nothing to do with whether or not it's helpful, whether or not it's true.