Dr. Matt May

Yeah, and I guess if we wanted an aggressive response to this individual, we could ask, well, what about all the brainwashing of children at a young age before they can actually think through ideas that are presented to them? It's not a mystery that most people who are Christian were raised in Christian families, and most people who are Jewish were raised in Jewish families. Yeah.

Yeah, and I guess if we wanted an aggressive response to this individual, we could ask, well, what about all the brainwashing of children at a young age before they can actually think through ideas that are presented to them? It's not a mystery that most people who are Christian were raised in Christian families, and most people who are Jewish were raised in Jewish families. Yeah.

And those ideas can have a danger in and of themselves, too.

And those ideas can have a danger in and of themselves, too.

So I agree with you that it's important to be able to talk about these ideas as adults in a format where we can just be open to talking about it. Yeah.

So I agree with you that it's important to be able to talk about these ideas as adults in a format where we can just be open to talking about it. Yeah.

Right. That seems like a bad idea to me. And we can attack that idea without attacking the people, whoever has that idea. You know, it's, it's problematic. Yeah. Yeah.

Right. That seems like a bad idea to me. And we can attack that idea without attacking the people, whoever has that idea. You know, it's, it's problematic. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, I can dive in there with a couple of quick thoughts, one of which would be to respond with a question, which is what would it be worth to him for him to be accountable to doing his homework? How important is that to him? What would he be willing to give in order to be accountable and consistent doing his homework?

I mean, I can dive in there with a couple of quick thoughts, one of which would be to respond with a question, which is what would it be worth to him for him to be accountable to doing his homework? How important is that to him? What would he be willing to give in order to be accountable and consistent doing his homework?

Zero percent.

Zero percent.

I like that a lot. I think what you were getting at earlier, David, too, is that there's even an upstream question when it comes to procrastination, which is a person willing to pay the price of getting started when they don't feel like it. Exactly. Exactly. Are they wanting to feel like doing the exercises first and then do the exercises?

I like that a lot. I think what you were getting at earlier, David, too, is that there's even an upstream question when it comes to procrastination, which is a person willing to pay the price of getting started when they don't feel like it. Exactly. Exactly. Are they wanting to feel like doing the exercises first and then do the exercises?

Or are they willing to commit to doing the exercises even when they really, really, really don't want to?

Or are they willing to commit to doing the exercises even when they really, really, really don't want to?

Yeah, I'm afraid to let you down there. I've got methods that can just, you know, return the joy to your life and the happiness. But it would be something that you'd have to do all the hard, hard work on. And it's really unfair.

Yeah, I'm afraid to let you down there. I've got methods that can just, you know, return the joy to your life and the happiness. But it would be something that you'd have to do all the hard, hard work on. And it's really unfair.

And that can be a very effective technique to to write down as an exposure exercise. What would I have to do? Yeah, because people can get kind of deer in the headlights and frozen up. And oh, yeah, you helped me when I was stuck doing my laundry. I couldn't do my laundry.

And that can be a very effective technique to to write down as an exposure exercise. What would I have to do? Yeah, because people can get kind of deer in the headlights and frozen up. And oh, yeah, you helped me when I was stuck doing my laundry. I couldn't do my laundry.