Dr. Ethan Kross

In many ways, it might be one of our most precious tools. So- When we've got to look at something really hard and now reframe it, right? It's very hard to take something that is a giant negative and make it a giant positive. We don't see that happening very often. What we do see happening is taking something that is negative and reframing it to make it more manageable.

In many ways, it might be one of our most precious tools. So- When we've got to look at something really hard and now reframe it, right? It's very hard to take something that is a giant negative and make it a giant positive. We don't see that happening very often. What we do see happening is taking something that is negative and reframing it to make it more manageable.

Being able to do that, that is not like the fact that we don't take it to be a super positive, like the loss of a loved one or an immense rejection. I think that's impractical. And I think there are probably good reasons why you wouldn't want to be able to do that. I have come across certain people in my life, and I'm speaking from anecdote here, who were exceptionally adept at

Being able to do that, that is not like the fact that we don't take it to be a super positive, like the loss of a loved one or an immense rejection. I think that's impractical. And I think there are probably good reasons why you wouldn't want to be able to do that. I have come across certain people in my life, and I'm speaking from anecdote here, who were exceptionally adept at

Being able to do that, that is not like the fact that we don't take it to be a super positive, like the loss of a loved one or an immense rejection. I think that's impractical. And I think there are probably good reasons why you wouldn't want to be able to do that. I have come across certain people in my life, and I'm speaking from anecdote here, who were exceptionally adept at

almost pathologically so, at reframing a really, really bad thing, just totally positive. And as a result, they didn't actually learn from that experience. I've been around those people too. Right. And so I think you do want to have some safeguards on our ability to reinterpret things.

almost pathologically so, at reframing a really, really bad thing, just totally positive. And as a result, they didn't actually learn from that experience. I've been around those people too. Right. And so I think you do want to have some safeguards on our ability to reinterpret things.

almost pathologically so, at reframing a really, really bad thing, just totally positive. And as a result, they didn't actually learn from that experience. I've been around those people too. Right. And so I think you do want to have some safeguards on our ability to reinterpret things.

You would never experience them because we do have this motivation to avoid pain. So then you would live a life free of it and you would be robbed in your term. So like the example I like to give people that really I think resonates is physical pain. Most of us try to minimize the experience of physical pain. We're motivated to avoid pain. I'm a great example of it. I do not like physical pain.

You would never experience them because we do have this motivation to avoid pain. So then you would live a life free of it and you would be robbed in your term. So like the example I like to give people that really I think resonates is physical pain. Most of us try to minimize the experience of physical pain. We're motivated to avoid pain. I'm a great example of it. I do not like physical pain.

You would never experience them because we do have this motivation to avoid pain. So then you would live a life free of it and you would be robbed in your term. So like the example I like to give people that really I think resonates is physical pain. Most of us try to minimize the experience of physical pain. We're motivated to avoid pain. I'm a great example of it. I do not like physical pain.

Giant baby at the doctor, all these things. All right, well, what if we're successful? We never experience physical pain. We can actually look at people who never experience physical pain because there are people born into this world who are incapable of having that experience due to a genetic anomaly. What happens to those people is they die young.

Giant baby at the doctor, all these things. All right, well, what if we're successful? We never experience physical pain. We can actually look at people who never experience physical pain because there are people born into this world who are incapable of having that experience due to a genetic anomaly. What happens to those people is they die young.

Giant baby at the doctor, all these things. All right, well, what if we're successful? We never experience physical pain. We can actually look at people who never experience physical pain because there are people born into this world who are incapable of having that experience due to a genetic anomaly. What happens to those people is they die young.

because their hand gets caught in the stove and they don't experience a cue to tell them to pull it out, right? So we want to be able to have these negative experiences because they have a functionality to them. What we don't want to have happen is keeping our hand in the stove or like a hypersensitivity to pain. That's the emotions getting triggered too greatly.

because their hand gets caught in the stove and they don't experience a cue to tell them to pull it out, right? So we want to be able to have these negative experiences because they have a functionality to them. What we don't want to have happen is keeping our hand in the stove or like a hypersensitivity to pain. That's the emotions getting triggered too greatly.

because their hand gets caught in the stove and they don't experience a cue to tell them to pull it out, right? So we want to be able to have these negative experiences because they have a functionality to them. What we don't want to have happen is keeping our hand in the stove or like a hypersensitivity to pain. That's the emotions getting triggered too greatly.

So have I quieted the critique yet?

So have I quieted the critique yet?

So have I quieted the critique yet?