Dr. Matt May

They just happened to be that one person who got struck 17 times by lightning, which was predictable according to statistics. And realizing that, the person I was working with, came to terms with the fact that, gosh, there are just a lot of coincidences around us. A lot of things happen.

They just happened to be that one person who got struck 17 times by lightning, which was predictable according to statistics. And realizing that, the person I was working with, came to terms with the fact that, gosh, there are just a lot of coincidences around us. A lot of things happen.

And it would be more unusual and more unlikely and less easy to explain if there were just no coincidences at all. So sometimes just explaining things, like you said, in a way that makes sense, whether it's mathematically or at an interpersonal level, can help folks who are struggling with a negative thought, including paranoia.

And it would be more unusual and more unlikely and less easy to explain if there were just no coincidences at all. So sometimes just explaining things, like you said, in a way that makes sense, whether it's mathematically or at an interpersonal level, can help folks who are struggling with a negative thought, including paranoia.

Hey, Rhonda. Hi, Matt.

Hey, Rhonda. Hi, Matt.

Yeah, Manuel, that was fantastic. There are many different types of bullying is one thing I discovered in my Wikipedia review last night. There's the psychological, there's the physical, and I guess more and more we're seeing cyber bullying of kids online, which is quite problematic. You can make a video of someone doing something ridiculous and

Yeah, Manuel, that was fantastic. There are many different types of bullying is one thing I discovered in my Wikipedia review last night. There's the psychological, there's the physical, and I guess more and more we're seeing cyber bullying of kids online, which is quite problematic. You can make a video of someone doing something ridiculous and

Suddenly the whole school knows about it, and kids are quite sensitive to that kind of shaming and emotional abuse.

Suddenly the whole school knows about it, and kids are quite sensitive to that kind of shaming and emotional abuse.

Go ahead. Great points, Manuel. Yeah, to your question, David, it does seem like there's an inherent feature to human psychology. There's not been a generation of humans where there wasn't bullying and cruelty. And I think it is important to understand the motivation behind. Behind it in order to help kind of deal with bullying.

Go ahead. Great points, Manuel. Yeah, to your question, David, it does seem like there's an inherent feature to human psychology. There's not been a generation of humans where there wasn't bullying and cruelty. And I think it is important to understand the motivation behind. Behind it in order to help kind of deal with bullying.

And so one of it is that just sadistic desire to, you know, enjoy causing harm and feeling powerful, which is sociopathic and There's also Machiavellian, as you mentioned, to get power and influence through control and manipulation and lying and innuendo. And then there's also a narcissistic motivation, which is the belief that – I am superior and therefore I deserve more.

And so one of it is that just sadistic desire to, you know, enjoy causing harm and feeling powerful, which is sociopathic and There's also Machiavellian, as you mentioned, to get power and influence through control and manipulation and lying and innuendo. And then there's also a narcissistic motivation, which is the belief that – I am superior and therefore I deserve more.

I deserve your lunch money as well as my own lunch money. And so I'm just going to take it from you because I deserve it. But I think there's probably a genetic basis behind all of these and that you will find different amounts of those traits in different human beings.

I deserve your lunch money as well as my own lunch money. And so I'm just going to take it from you because I deserve it. But I think there's probably a genetic basis behind all of these and that you will find different amounts of those traits in different human beings.

That was really helpful and informative, David. And you shared that with me in the past, and it helped me really understand the dynamic there and how to help people get out of it. A lot of it having to do with talking back to those kinds of thoughts and just becoming aware that those thoughts are in our mind. is the first step, getting them on paper like the Daily Mood Log.

That was really helpful and informative, David. And you shared that with me in the past, and it helped me really understand the dynamic there and how to help people get out of it. A lot of it having to do with talking back to those kinds of thoughts and just becoming aware that those thoughts are in our mind. is the first step, getting them on paper like the Daily Mood Log.

I wanted to say one other thing about Rhonda's question about learned behavior. I think that's definitely true. There was something I was reading last night in my preparation for today that said that one of the most influential

I wanted to say one other thing about Rhonda's question about learned behavior. I think that's definitely true. There was something I was reading last night in my preparation for today that said that one of the most influential