Dr. David Burns

Okay. Now, keep in mind, this is not training for interacting with the bully. This is interacting with the inner bully, the thoughts that you give yourself and how to talk back to those. Because in the last analysis, you're the only one who can really bully yourself, although that might sound uncharitable. But could I talk to you for a minute, Matt?

Yes, I am, and I'm aware that the kids at school were kind of bullying you and laughing at you, and I wanted to tell you why that is.

Yes, I am, and I'm aware that the kids at school were kind of bullying you and laughing at you, and I wanted to tell you why that is.

No, it's not a hypothesis. It's a fact. Oh, a fact. A fact of the universe, and that's because you're worthless, and that's why everyone hates you.

No, it's not a hypothesis. It's a fact. Oh, a fact. A fact of the universe, and that's because you're worthless, and that's why everyone hates you.

Okay. Who won?

Okay. Who won?

Big or small?

Big or small?

Okay. You can hit him, Rhonda, with the same exact thing.

Okay. You can hit him, Rhonda, with the same exact thing.

Yeah, Matt, you know, you're kind of worthless because everybody hates you.

Yeah, Matt, you know, you're kind of worthless because everybody hates you.

And now is this externalization of voices or feared fantasy?

And now is this externalization of voices or feared fantasy?

Okay, yeah, okay.

Okay, yeah, okay.

And actually, after each of Matt's responses, let's see, ask him who won, and if he won small, big, or huge, and see if he can get up to huge.

And actually, after each of Matt's responses, let's see, ask him who won, and if he won small, big, or huge, and see if he can get up to huge.

Well, I mean, they're going to be different. So we have to know which universe we're in.