Dr. David Burns

Good point. That's powerful.

Good point. That's powerful.

All right. So the headline for this question would be, Could questions about the self and free will involve all or nothing thinking? Hi, I'd like to tell you about my experience with my son. He is 14 years old, and despite our honest attempts not to label, he has always been the problem child, selfish, disobedient, etc. Recently, we started him on Prozac, and the changes have been incredible.

All right. So the headline for this question would be, Could questions about the self and free will involve all or nothing thinking? Hi, I'd like to tell you about my experience with my son. He is 14 years old, and despite our honest attempts not to label, he has always been the problem child, selfish, disobedient, etc. Recently, we started him on Prozac, and the changes have been incredible.

Things that have been way beyond his best times are now simple, like going to sleep on time or having a good time with his brother. Every night, my wife and I tell each other about some new miracle. So I wonder what you can say about this from the lens of free will.

Things that have been way beyond his best times are now simple, like going to sleep on time or having a good time with his brother. Every night, my wife and I tell each other about some new miracle. So I wonder what you can say about this from the lens of free will.

An obvious conclusion would be that the choices he made until now were not free because his brain was not presenting him with the same set of choices that other kids experience. On the other hand, if he's acting better now, we could say that it is not his choice. It's just a pill making the decision for him. I feel like that would be insulting and degrading.

An obvious conclusion would be that the choices he made until now were not free because his brain was not presenting him with the same set of choices that other kids experience. On the other hand, if he's acting better now, we could say that it is not his choice. It's just a pill making the decision for him. I feel like that would be insulting and degrading.

I wonder if a lot of resistance to therapy, and especially psychopharmacotherapy, is related to anxiety about the question, if I can be changed by a pill, then who am I? I had another thought after listening to the episode on self. The position that self doesn't exist seems extreme to me, maybe like all or nothing thinking. Maybe we could answer that question with the magic dial.

I wonder if a lot of resistance to therapy, and especially psychopharmacotherapy, is related to anxiety about the question, if I can be changed by a pill, then who am I? I had another thought after listening to the episode on self. The position that self doesn't exist seems extreme to me, maybe like all or nothing thinking. Maybe we could answer that question with the magic dial.

How much do we agree that there are selves and free wills? I agree that there are problems associated with having a self and free will, but I think there are practical and theoretical reasons on the other side as well. Maybe the golden path is in the middle.

How much do we agree that there are selves and free wills? I agree that there are problems associated with having a self and free will, but I think there are practical and theoretical reasons on the other side as well. Maybe the golden path is in the middle.

What do you think of this person?

What do you think of this person?

My thinking is this topic is over my head. And it would be a good thing for me to not add anything.

My thinking is this topic is over my head. And it would be a good thing for me to not add anything.

I am a little curious because you both have strong opinions about psychopharmacology. What do you think about the question, if I can be changed by a pill, then who am I?

I am a little curious because you both have strong opinions about psychopharmacology. What do you think about the question, if I can be changed by a pill, then who am I?

Well, we also don't know what other factors could be. We don't know enough about what's going on.

Well, we also don't know what other factors could be. We don't know enough about what's going on.