Dr. David Burns

Yeah, in fact, I know what you mean. Sometimes there's a healthy kind of sadness, and then there's an unhealthy kind of depression. But I sometimes think of sadness as celebration, to really be able to care and to connect with the suffering of other people, to be aware of it. It's the greatest gift of all to my way of thinking. The guilt is 85 to 90. How guilty would you like to be feeling?

Yeah, in fact, I know what you mean. Sometimes there's a healthy kind of sadness, and then there's an unhealthy kind of depression. But I sometimes think of sadness as celebration, to really be able to care and to connect with the suffering of other people, to be aware of it. It's the greatest gift of all to my way of thinking. The guilt is 85 to 90. How guilty would you like to be feeling?

15, great. And then how inadequate? That's 90. What would be a really optimal level of inadequacy?

15, great. And then how inadequate? That's 90. What would be a really optimal level of inadequacy?

Okay. How lonely? That was 85.

Okay. How lonely? That was 85.

And how frustrated? That was 70.

And how frustrated? That was 70.

And angry at myself. That was 75.

And angry at myself. That was 75.

Awesome. And so now we just did, first I did empathy. I'm going through the testing we did, empathy we did, paradoxical agenda setting we did, and now we're to methods. Which of these four thoughts would you like to tackle first? I won't be successful. I won't live the life I want to live. I won't find love. I'm not attractive.

Awesome. And so now we just did, first I did empathy. I'm going through the testing we did, empathy we did, paradoxical agenda setting we did, and now we're to methods. Which of these four thoughts would you like to tackle first? I won't be successful. I won't live the life I want to live. I won't find love. I'm not attractive.

Okay. And then let's see how much you believe each of these when you're upset. How much do you believe I'm not attractive?

Okay. And then let's see how much you believe each of these when you're upset. How much do you believe I'm not attractive?

And then how much do I believe I won't find love?

And then how much do I believe I won't find love?

90%. And how much do you believe I won't live the life I want to live?

90%. And how much do you believe I won't live the life I want to live?

And then how much do I believe I won't be successful?

And then how much do I believe I won't be successful?