Dr. David Burns

You mean it's okay for me to have these horrible, intrusive thoughts of death to my loved ones? It's okay for other people, but not for you. Okay, great. And I had a similar one in my past. A doctor came to me. He was the nicest guy in the world, and he was working in a low community with few resources.

You mean it's okay for me to have these horrible, intrusive thoughts of death to my loved ones? It's okay for other people, but not for you. Okay, great. And I had a similar one in my past. A doctor came to me. He was the nicest guy in the world, and he was working in a low community with few resources.

He was a general practitioner and spending a lot of extra time talking to people and helping them out. He was just working a 60-hour week and making very little income. And then when he had, then he and his wife had their first baby, and he had something very similar to your patients, Matt.

He was a general practitioner and spending a lot of extra time talking to people and helping them out. He was just working a 60-hour week and making very little income. And then when he had, then he and his wife had their first baby, and he had something very similar to your patients, Matt.

When he would carry the baby, they lived on the second floor of an apartment building, and he would have the fantasy, what if I go and throw the baby over the, not fall over, but throw the baby out of the balcony, over the edge, and kill the baby that way. And it turned out to be a very similar thing that what he wasn't dealing with was the fact that, you know, a baby.

When he would carry the baby, they lived on the second floor of an apartment building, and he would have the fantasy, what if I go and throw the baby over the, not fall over, but throw the baby out of the balcony, over the edge, and kill the baby that way. And it turned out to be a very similar thing that what he wasn't dealing with was the fact that, you know, a baby.

I don't know if either of you have noticed, but they sometimes take up a lot of time in the middle of the night and changing diapers and, you know.

I don't know if either of you have noticed, but they sometimes take up a lot of time in the middle of the night and changing diapers and, you know.

crying and needing time and attention, if you're already putting in 60 hours, you may very well be feeling resentment toward your baby, but you're not allowed to feel resentment because you think you're supposed to be this nice, idealistic person, which this fellow was. And once we brought that to conscious awareness, his solution was a little...

crying and needing time and attention, if you're already putting in 60 hours, you may very well be feeling resentment toward your baby, but you're not allowed to feel resentment because you think you're supposed to be this nice, idealistic person, which this fellow was. And once we brought that to conscious awareness, his solution was a little...

different from your patients, but it had a similar wonderful outcome, was to decide to back off, that he just couldn't be doing all of this charity work and providing for his family at the same time, and that he'd have to actually change his schedule and

different from your patients, but it had a similar wonderful outcome, was to decide to back off, that he just couldn't be doing all of this charity work and providing for his family at the same time, and that he'd have to actually change his schedule and

carve out some time for himself to relax and unwind and be with the baby and stop trying to do so much for everybody, which was a beautiful thing about him, but it just simply wasn't workable. So I call that the hidden emotion technique, and it's very common today. among any of our listeners right now who are struggling with anxiety, this is one of four models I use in treating anxiety.

carve out some time for himself to relax and unwind and be with the baby and stop trying to do so much for everybody, which was a beautiful thing about him, but it just simply wasn't workable. So I call that the hidden emotion technique, and it's very common today. among any of our listeners right now who are struggling with anxiety, this is one of four models I use in treating anxiety.

There's four ways to get rid of anxiety, and this is one of the four. I usually use all four with every patient, so I don't try to have just one technique that cures everybody. I have many. I've got 40 techniques in my book, One Panic Attacks, that can be life-changing for people with anxiety, but this is one of the coolest of all.

There's four ways to get rid of anxiety, and this is one of the four. I usually use all four with every patient, so I don't try to have just one technique that cures everybody. I have many. I've got 40 techniques in my book, One Panic Attacks, that can be life-changing for people with anxiety, but this is one of the coolest of all.

Yeah, you guys too. And thank you all of you who sent in these questions. Keep them coming in because you keep us in business. We're not making a ton of money, but we're having a ton of fun.

Yeah, you guys too. And thank you all of you who sent in these questions. Keep them coming in because you keep us in business. We're not making a ton of money, but we're having a ton of fun.

Okay, you guys get first shot at it, and I'll take up the rear and give my thoughts when you two have done your brilliant reflections.

Okay, you guys get first shot at it, and I'll take up the rear and give my thoughts when you two have done your brilliant reflections.