Dr. David Burns

Do you feel joy or do you feel despair? Do you feel laughter or do you feel cynicism? Do you feel close to others, or do you feel alone on an island? Are you comfortable being vulnerable and open, or are you hiding your feelings behind a false front? It's questions like that. Unhealthy acceptance is the same as severe depression, and healthy acceptance is like healthy joy and liberation.

Do you feel joy or do you feel despair? Do you feel laughter or do you feel cynicism? Do you feel close to others, or do you feel alone on an island? Are you comfortable being vulnerable and open, or are you hiding your feelings behind a false front? It's questions like that. Unhealthy acceptance is the same as severe depression, and healthy acceptance is like healthy joy and liberation.

They're actually the opposite feelings. I have a table in the class on acceptance in the app, and there's about seven or eight contrasts. You know, in unhealthy acceptance, you feel ashamed. You feel defective. And in healthy acceptance, you feel whole. You feel joy. You feel excitement about life.

They're actually the opposite feelings. I have a table in the class on acceptance in the app, and there's about seven or eight contrasts. You know, in unhealthy acceptance, you feel ashamed. You feel defective. And in healthy acceptance, you feel whole. You feel joy. You feel excitement about life.

And these words won't allow you to understand what healthy acceptance is, but they're just words that will let you know when you're there and when you're not. But most people, when they think of acceptance of yourself or others or the world, they think about the unhealthy version, so they're afraid of it.

And these words won't allow you to understand what healthy acceptance is, but they're just words that will let you know when you're there and when you're not. But most people, when they think of acceptance of yourself or others or the world, they think about the unhealthy version, so they're afraid of it.

And they pull back from it and keep beating up on themselves and others, hoping that some good will come from it. And that's... That's one of the biggest traps human beings fall into.

And they pull back from it and keep beating up on themselves and others, hoping that some good will come from it. And that's... That's one of the biggest traps human beings fall into.

And it's kind of what we're trying to turn around with our Team CBT and with our Feeling Great app is to give people a path out of the woods, out of the place you're trapped and to get into the sunlight and to get this sense of freedom and joy.

And it's kind of what we're trying to turn around with our Team CBT and with our Feeling Great app is to give people a path out of the woods, out of the place you're trapped and to get into the sunlight and to get this sense of freedom and joy.

Yeah. Say to me, David, I understand you're kind of defective.

Yeah. Say to me, David, I understand you're kind of defective.

I know, and accepting that has been one of the greatest sources of joy in my life. Because, you know, one of the cool things about it? No, what? I found all kinds of other defective people who like to hang out together, like Matt May and Rhonda Borowski and a lot of others, and we have a hell of a good time. That was brilliant. I love that.

I know, and accepting that has been one of the greatest sources of joy in my life. Because, you know, one of the cool things about it? No, what? I found all kinds of other defective people who like to hang out together, like Matt May and Rhonda Borowski and a lot of others, and we have a hell of a good time. That was brilliant. I love that.

Yeah, yeah. All right, shall we dive into our questions for today? Okay.

Yeah, yeah. All right, shall we dive into our questions for today? Okay.

Okay, well, I'll let you, as usual, let you folks have the first shot at it, and then I'll throw in my two cents worth.

Okay, well, I'll let you, as usual, let you folks have the first shot at it, and then I'll throw in my two cents worth.

All right. Are we ready for Ronda? That was great, Matt. I love what you're saying. So much wisdom in it. How about peeling more layers off of this onion and give us your idea, Ronda?

All right. Are we ready for Ronda? That was great, Matt. I love what you're saying. So much wisdom in it. How about peeling more layers off of this onion and give us your idea, Ronda?