Joseph Nguyen
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If you ever go to your doctor and you're like, I feel numb, blah, I'm going through emotions, I'm overproducing, they're going to be like, why are you here, right? But it is a problem. We are built with the DNA to get joy. Like your son, you don't have to teach a child to be joyful. They just know. Watch any toddler, give them a box and a spoon, and they will play for hours, right?
The DNA for joy is built into us, but somewhere along the line, be it because of trauma, be it because of the roles we take on, whatever it is, some core belief that's not really true, but we hold on to it. We forget joy and we get tied up to our roles and we busy ourselves. And then after a while, we don't even know who we are anymore.
The DNA for joy is built into us, but somewhere along the line, be it because of trauma, be it because of the roles we take on, whatever it is, some core belief that's not really true, but we hold on to it. We forget joy and we get tied up to our roles and we busy ourselves. And then after a while, we don't even know who we are anymore.
The DNA for joy is built into us, but somewhere along the line, be it because of trauma, be it because of the roles we take on, whatever it is, some core belief that's not really true, but we hold on to it. We forget joy and we get tied up to our roles and we busy ourselves. And then after a while, we don't even know who we are anymore.
We don't even know who we are without our roles, but we are here for a reason. There's only one you, John. There's only one Judith. If you don't understand the science of what's making you unhappy, how can you understand the science of how to make yourself happy? And it's so important to take a step back and to be like, why am I this way?
We don't even know who we are without our roles, but we are here for a reason. There's only one you, John. There's only one Judith. If you don't understand the science of what's making you unhappy, how can you understand the science of how to make yourself happy? And it's so important to take a step back and to be like, why am I this way?
We don't even know who we are without our roles, but we are here for a reason. There's only one you, John. There's only one Judith. If you don't understand the science of what's making you unhappy, how can you understand the science of how to make yourself happy? And it's so important to take a step back and to be like, why am I this way?
What is it that I'm trying to do or achieve by busying myself? Is it a low self-worth? Is it a need to prove myself? Is there unresolved trauma from childhood where I was neglected or not given the love and support that I needed? Was there something else, a personal tragedy?
What is it that I'm trying to do or achieve by busying myself? Is it a low self-worth? Is it a need to prove myself? Is there unresolved trauma from childhood where I was neglected or not given the love and support that I needed? Was there something else, a personal tragedy?
What is it that I'm trying to do or achieve by busying myself? Is it a low self-worth? Is it a need to prove myself? Is there unresolved trauma from childhood where I was neglected or not given the love and support that I needed? Was there something else, a personal tragedy?
But the tools in my book will help people, I hope, to understand that and to understand what's pulling from their joy so they know how to add to their lives in ways to bring that joy back. Because it's in our DNA. We just forget how to access it.
But the tools in my book will help people, I hope, to understand that and to understand what's pulling from their joy so they know how to add to their lives in ways to bring that joy back. Because it's in our DNA. We just forget how to access it.
But the tools in my book will help people, I hope, to understand that and to understand what's pulling from their joy so they know how to add to their lives in ways to bring that joy back. Because it's in our DNA. We just forget how to access it.
Well, burnout is a term that was only recently added to the DSM, the Bible of psychiatry. But burnout by definition, and by the way, it was only recently added, but no one would argue that it didn't exist before it was put in the classification, right? We all know it existed way before we decided to acknowledge it, right?
Well, burnout is a term that was only recently added to the DSM, the Bible of psychiatry. But burnout by definition, and by the way, it was only recently added, but no one would argue that it didn't exist before it was put in the classification, right? We all know it existed way before we decided to acknowledge it, right?
Well, burnout is a term that was only recently added to the DSM, the Bible of psychiatry. But burnout by definition, and by the way, it was only recently added, but no one would argue that it didn't exist before it was put in the classification, right? We all know it existed way before we decided to acknowledge it, right?
but by definition burnout is related to your environment your occupational role and then by definition once you're removed from it you should get better but people with high function depression it doesn't matter if they're in the workplace because outside of work they're over functioning they're doing too much they're taking on too many roles in their church they're taking on too many roles in their community they're just like being everyone's everything
but by definition burnout is related to your environment your occupational role and then by definition once you're removed from it you should get better but people with high function depression it doesn't matter if they're in the workplace because outside of work they're over functioning they're doing too much they're taking on too many roles in their church they're taking on too many roles in their community they're just like being everyone's everything
but by definition burnout is related to your environment your occupational role and then by definition once you're removed from it you should get better but people with high function depression it doesn't matter if they're in the workplace because outside of work they're over functioning they're doing too much they're taking on too many roles in their church they're taking on too many roles in their community they're just like being everyone's everything
So there's something about us as people who are high functioning. We just have to keep busy. We can't slow down. When we are still, we feel empty and restless. And we don't take the time to process that pain. Instead, we just do more. Like you knew, I'm not your provider, I'm not treating you, but you're saying you knew. that you should be slowing down. But what did you do instead?