Dr. David Burns

That there's a beautiful warmth about you, which is pretty awesome. What's really great about your loneliness?

That there's a beautiful warmth about you, which is pretty awesome. What's really great about your loneliness?

Yeah, like right now. Yeah, that's exactly right. That's so cool. I love it. What's great about embarrassment and humiliation?

Yeah, like right now. Yeah, that's exactly right. That's so cool. I love it. What's great about embarrassment and humiliation?

Is that important?

Is that important?

Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of lacking in the world these days, too, sometimes.

Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of lacking in the world these days, too, sometimes.

How about hopelessness? You're 85% hopeless. What could possibly be good about that?

How about hopelessness? You're 85% hopeless. What could possibly be good about that?

That's huge. What are some other cool things about hopelessness?

That's huge. What are some other cool things about hopelessness?

Okay, well, this was the second hardest for me, and it took me like a month or two, and I used to have these Sunday hikes. I'm starting them up again. I can't go as far because I've developed low back pain when I walk, so I'm trying to figure out some way to get over that. Maybe I need to come to you for some back-strengthening exercises.

Okay, well, this was the second hardest for me, and it took me like a month or two, and I used to have these Sunday hikes. I'm starting them up again. I can't go as far because I've developed low back pain when I walk, so I'm trying to figure out some way to get over that. Maybe I need to come to you for some back-strengthening exercises.

But we used to go six, eight miles, and I was up on this thing called Roos Ridge, and this woman was telling me that she was hopeless. I think she thought she wasn't, like, smart enough, and she's a really good-looking woman, but she thinks she's not very smart, and she's socially anxious, and she's afraid she'll have a date, and her mind will go blank, and then the fellow won't like her.

But we used to go six, eight miles, and I was up on this thing called Roos Ridge, and this woman was telling me that she was hopeless. I think she thought she wasn't, like, smart enough, and she's a really good-looking woman, but she thinks she's not very smart, and she's socially anxious, and she's afraid she'll have a date, and her mind will go blank, and then the fellow won't like her.

And I was asking her, well, what's great about hopelessness, and suddenly kind of popped into my mind. And the things, one of them was, does it show that you're a critical thinker? In other words, you're looking at a lot of failures in achieving what you want. Yeah. Is that important?

And I was asking her, well, what's great about hopelessness, and suddenly kind of popped into my mind. And the things, one of them was, does it show that you're a critical thinker? In other words, you're looking at a lot of failures in achieving what you want. Yeah. Is that important?

And also, does it protect you from disappointment?

And also, does it protect you from disappointment?