Dr. Ethan Kross

Okay. So my guess is like when you were growing up in school, is that something that you would have just come out and blurted out?

Okay. So my guess is like when you were growing up in school, is that something that you would have just come out and blurted out?

Okay. So my guess is like when you were growing up in school, is that something that you would have just come out and blurted out?

The norms here have powerfully, powerfully changed. I remember when my parents got divorced when I was 12 years old, my mom insisted that I go to see a social worker to talk about it. We went, I don't know, two or three times. And, you know, I went, but, you know, I remember saying to her, if you tell anyone that we have gone here, anyone, right? Like I was petrified.

The norms here have powerfully, powerfully changed. I remember when my parents got divorced when I was 12 years old, my mom insisted that I go to see a social worker to talk about it. We went, I don't know, two or three times. And, you know, I went, but, you know, I remember saying to her, if you tell anyone that we have gone here, anyone, right? Like I was petrified.

The norms here have powerfully, powerfully changed. I remember when my parents got divorced when I was 12 years old, my mom insisted that I go to see a social worker to talk about it. We went, I don't know, two or three times. And, you know, I went, but, you know, I remember saying to her, if you tell anyone that we have gone here, anyone, right? Like I was petrified.

So I think because of the work that... we have pushed to like de-stigmatize this, which is a really good thing to be clear. We talk about this more openly. We may be endorsed having these experiences more openly than we did before. And I think that's another piece of piece of the puzzle. So, um, you know, here's what I can say with confidence. Um, there's a lot of suffering right now. Uh,

So I think because of the work that... we have pushed to like de-stigmatize this, which is a really good thing to be clear. We talk about this more openly. We may be endorsed having these experiences more openly than we did before. And I think that's another piece of piece of the puzzle. So, um, you know, here's what I can say with confidence. Um, there's a lot of suffering right now. Uh,

So I think because of the work that... we have pushed to like de-stigmatize this, which is a really good thing to be clear. We talk about this more openly. We may be endorsed having these experiences more openly than we did before. And I think that's another piece of piece of the puzzle. So, um, you know, here's what I can say with confidence. Um, there's a lot of suffering right now. Uh,

people are struggling with their emotions. I think people have always been struggling with their emotions. What fills me with hope is that we've got some science-based tools that we could share with people to, to actually help them. And these are for the most part, or, you know, at least the ones that I talk about, these are non-invasive tools.

people are struggling with their emotions. I think people have always been struggling with their emotions. What fills me with hope is that we've got some science-based tools that we could share with people to, to actually help them. And these are for the most part, or, you know, at least the ones that I talk about, these are non-invasive tools.

people are struggling with their emotions. I think people have always been struggling with their emotions. What fills me with hope is that we've got some science-based tools that we could share with people to, to actually help them. And these are for the most part, or, you know, at least the ones that I talk about, these are non-invasive tools.

Here's another little tidbit that blows my mind to use that technical phrase. Um, 1949, I believe it was, a Portuguese physician invents an emotion regulation intervention that wins him the Nobel Prize in Medicine. It is viewed as such an amazing advance that it wins the grandest prize in all of science and medicine. It is the frontal lobotomy. I mean, isn't that wild?

Here's another little tidbit that blows my mind to use that technical phrase. Um, 1949, I believe it was, a Portuguese physician invents an emotion regulation intervention that wins him the Nobel Prize in Medicine. It is viewed as such an amazing advance that it wins the grandest prize in all of science and medicine. It is the frontal lobotomy. I mean, isn't that wild?

Here's another little tidbit that blows my mind to use that technical phrase. Um, 1949, I believe it was, a Portuguese physician invents an emotion regulation intervention that wins him the Nobel Prize in Medicine. It is viewed as such an amazing advance that it wins the grandest prize in all of science and medicine. It is the frontal lobotomy. I mean, isn't that wild?

Now, clearly, these were for extreme cases of emotion dysregulation, not just the curveballs of life, which I hope it wasn't used too much for that purpose. But we've come a long way. Our understanding of what emotions are and how they work and how you could push them around, amplify, diminish them, extend them, make them more constrained, vastly improved. That is something that is super exciting.

Now, clearly, these were for extreme cases of emotion dysregulation, not just the curveballs of life, which I hope it wasn't used too much for that purpose. But we've come a long way. Our understanding of what emotions are and how they work and how you could push them around, amplify, diminish them, extend them, make them more constrained, vastly improved. That is something that is super exciting.

Now, clearly, these were for extreme cases of emotion dysregulation, not just the curveballs of life, which I hope it wasn't used too much for that purpose. But we've come a long way. Our understanding of what emotions are and how they work and how you could push them around, amplify, diminish them, extend them, make them more constrained, vastly improved. That is something that is super exciting.

But we don't teach people about this. So that's the other question that you gestured towards. Why is it? That we struggle so badly with this. If we have these emotions, why aren't we actually reining them in more effectively? I never had a class in this growing up. Some of the things that I was actually taught growing up, turns out, are not correct.

But we don't teach people about this. So that's the other question that you gestured towards. Why is it? That we struggle so badly with this. If we have these emotions, why aren't we actually reining them in more effectively? I never had a class in this growing up. Some of the things that I was actually taught growing up, turns out, are not correct.