The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett

S7 Ep 4: Diana's Brilliance

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The brilliance of my ex-wife Diana, and the model she put in place for me (and others) to follow.  The way real change behaves and the way it doesn't...

S7 Ep 3: How To Win Every Argument

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to win every argument. Two different, distinct realms we all inhabit throughout each day. Two different, distinct types of argument. Two different...

S7 Ep 2: Rumination Vs. Obsession & Avoidance

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I keep seeing the "experts" talking about how 'Rumination' is bad. Is it? What's the difference between Rumination and Obsession? Is Avoidance any bet...

S7 Ep 1: Your Looks

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.Locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app and searching for The L...

S6 Ep 18 Season Finale: The Law of Hate

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Special Season 6 Finale: Laws and principles of emotional health to get you through the holidays. Some reminders, and some new information: The Law of...

S6 Ep 17: Let's Talk About Cults

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let's hear from the experts about what a cult is, and compare what they have to say with my approach with The Last Symptom. A discussion about why cen...

S6 Ep 16: The Epiphany Episode

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Upcoming Last Symptom book announcement. What is true or not. Where value originates. The origin of all motive.    Get The Apple Tower book in the U...

S6 Ep 15: What 100% Healthy Means

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Am I 100% emotionally healthy? Is anybody? Can you be? Why or why not?    My new book - not directly related to my work with The Last Symptom - avai...

S6 Ep 14: For Kids & Parents

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A special episode for the kids, and also for parents who are interested in my parenting style. My 9-year-old daughter, Eloise, shares some of her insi...

S6 Ep 13 Special: How to Love Yourself for Real

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Last Symptom website: https://www.thelastsymptom.com   The Last Symptom exclusive online community: https://thelastsymptom.locals.com (Livestream...

S6 Ep 12 SPECIAL: The Origin of Your Shame

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app from the App Store and ...

S6 Ep 11: A Parenting Story

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A life lesson learned from fishing. A parenting story about make-or-break moments in time. Parenting attitudes. Allowing yourself and others to be hum...

S6 Ep 10: Stop Reveling in Sadness

20 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trying to figure out how to 'deal' with other people is a problem. There's no difference between total strangers and people we are in relationships wi...

S6 Ep 9: A Blueprint for Real Recovery

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I interview special guest 'Ava' in this episode, who has really set an excellent example of what authentic recovery from emotional disorders looks lik...

S6 Ep 8: There's No Such Thing as a Healthy Marriage

17 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There's no such thing as healthy or unhealthy relationships, no such thing as healthy or unhealthy marriages, and marriage counseling is an inherent o...

S6 Ep 7: How Abuse Begins

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An exception to always siding with your spouse. How to know if something is abuse or not. Placing importance on feelings themselves, not on whether th...

S6 Ep 6: A Hard Thing You Must Be Willing To Do

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John & Julian Lennon. Dancing along with the unhealthy crowd. Does the risk of making people angry control you? Who gets priority: Mother or Wife?...

S6 Ep 5: What Having Inherent Worth Does NOT Mean

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An important discussion about what your inherent worth does not mean. What do healthy people use to make decisions in their lives if it's not their fe...

S6 Ep 4: The Qualification for Viewing Your Failures Positively

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The qualification that must be met in order to view your failures positively. Every battle is won before it's fought. How to have a conversation with ...

S6 Ep 3: Laws & Principles of Emotional Health

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Expanding on the topic of there not being lots of different "types" of people. Actor Will Smith & family. More about how important it is to make d...

S6 Ep 2: The Law of Genuine Attitude Reflection. Dissociation.

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Law of Genuine Attitude Reflection. Dissociation. Shaming others for differences in preferences - Why? The Behavior Panel on YouTube. Jada Pinkett...

S6 Ep 1: Never Cooperate with Unhealth

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Never cooperate with, or acquiesce, to emotional disorders and emotional unhealth and the reasons why. How to always push back against anything that i...

S5 Ep 27: Season Finale. Perceptions.

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You're underestimating just how powerful perceptions are. Destroying narratives - the nature of the job and why you must do it. A season-end review of...

S5 Ep 26: Resentment

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Resentment. Black & White Thinking Vs. Black & White Realities. "Shoulds" and "Should Nots".    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our on...

S5 Ep 25 Special: When Struggle is Good, and Help is Not

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A brief, but extremely important episode. Struggle. Enabling. God. The ways that emotional health and spiritual health follow the exact same patterns....

S5 Ep 24: Forgiveness

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Forgiveness. Letting go of resentment. Allowing somebody back into your good graces. Settling debts. Compensation. Vacuums, negative space. The Law of...

S5 Ep 23: What We Are, What We Feel, What We Do

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One thing separating unhealthy people from healthy people is their failure to make important distinctions in everyday life, with sometimes subtle, but...

S5 Ep 22: Entropy, Spacial Disorientation & You

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A really important episode. What does entropy and 'spacial disorientation' have to do with emotional health? Listen to learn more. Also, are you explo...

S5 Ep 21: Silverback Gorilla & Honeybee Lessons

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What we can learn about emotional health by studying silverback gorillas and honeybees: The power of not minding, and your individual value as a perso...

S5 Ep 20: Goodbye, My Beloved Friend

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

S5 Ep 19: The Most Important Episode

08 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Humility. Sabotaging behaviors. The Participation Trophy Mentality.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom....

S5 Ep 18: The Only Way to Put Things Right

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The only way to put things right, or to bring things back into balance. Also, what makes a perfect parent?    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join ...

S5 Ep 17: My Cousin Jay, Part 2

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 of 2. The previous episode ended with Jay telling about the overdose death of his identical twin brother on fentanyl. In this episode we dive d...

S5 Ep 16: My Cousin Jay, Part 1

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A very frank discussion with my cousin Jay. The chaotic childhood he had, his experiences with divorce, drugs, death, jail, the law, and particularly ...

S5 Ep 15: Happiness is a Natural State

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happiness, empathy, love and other good things fail to happen because they are obstructed. Lessons from John Muir - nobody knows a thing as intimately...

S5 Ep 14: You’re A Child. So Am I.

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We all have many multiple versions of ourselves within us. All of them younger. How do we deal with all those versions of ourselves? The healthy among...

S5 Ep 13: The Observer Effect

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How long did it take me personally to go from believing I had no inherent value to believing I have inherent value? The Observer Effect and what you s...

S5 Ep 12: Stop Lying About Your Family

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Narrative - what it is, why it exists, how it behaves. A figurative bowl of cereal. Needs are different than wants. How we feel about people does ...

S5 Ep 11: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you depressed or feeling down this time of year (holiday season)? Let's talk about that. While we're at it, let's talk about how you can tell you'...

S5 Ep 10: Absurd Obsession with Relationships

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Announcing weekly livestreams, exclusively for The Last Symptom Locals community. Relationships, Empathy, Intimacy, Love! How about this absurd obsess...

S5 Ep 9: Things Happened the Way They Had To Happen

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When to never make decisions. Charles Hew Crooks and the airplane. Looking back and wishing you had known things sooner, while understandable, is not ...

S5 Ep 8: LIVESTREAM

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Streamed live with participation on YouTube and Locals. Prioritizing responsibility to self. Major League Baseball World Series, Phillies & Astros. Hu...

S5 Ep 7: Purposeful, Willful, Disingenuous Denial

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I don't legitimize purposeful, willful, disingenuous denial by engaging in debate with folks who are trapped in this type of mindset, and neither shou...

S5 Ep 6: Mind Yer Own Business

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad." Are you sure you just don't hear the music? Fun and regret raking leaves. Mind your own business...

S5 Ep 5: PROOF. (But of what?)

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You try and try, but you never seem to get closer to your objective. What is this undeniable proof of? Paying attention to subtleties are really, real...

S5 Ep 4: Things You Are and Are Not Entitled To

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A continued discussion about how to talk to those who aren't willing to distinguish between subjective and non-subjective things. What you can learn f...

S5 Ep 3: Your Worst Helper

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I hope you enjoy the discussions in the show about getting in our own way, self-sabotage, why the most people’s attention on a thing is so valuable,...

S5 Ep 2: Until I Found You

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Seeing people as people, as individuals, for real. All it necessitates and implies.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at...

S5 Ep 1: Low Self-Esteem Does Not Exist

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

HALF A MILLION DOWNLOADS! I hope everybody is doing well, it's good to be back for this new fifth season. I thought I would start it off with some con...

S4 Ep 44: SEASON FINALE

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Some very personal, and personable stuff. Distinguishing between getting an opinion, and getting information from somebody who has knowledge and recog...

S4 Ep 43: Shame & Making Distinctions

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Emotional health depends on making accurate and purposeful distinctions between things of different natures, even when we might not be inclined to wan...

S4 Ep 42: Tangible & Intangible Problems & Solutions

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two categories to divide problems and solutions into: Tangible/Physical and Intangible/Emotional. (Intangible/Spiritual is another, but not discussed ...

S4 Ep 41: You Can’t Fail At Practice

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The brilliance of the previous episode. The Million-Follower Formula. My experience with Covid. The Getting-Off-The-Merry-Go-Round-Technique. The bene...

S4 Ep 40: The Dark Truth About FEELINGS

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Which one more powerfully controls our world? Feelings or Intellect? Feelings will completely betray and negate intellect every opportunity they get, ...

S4 Ep 39: No Matter What Scientists Say, YOUR Feelings Do NOT Function Differently

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No matter what scientists, intellectuals, therapists, psychologists, or any otherwise brilliant people claim, your feelings do not in any way function...

S4 Ep 38: The Wacky SHAME Boomerang

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The wacky Shame Boomerang and how it works. Acceptance equals relief. The formula for progress in emotional health is counterintuitive to everything e...

S4 Ep 37: LOVE is To Die Dreaming

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Love is To Die Dreaming - Morir Soñando. In what sense? Distinguishing Feelings from Acts from Qualities. The reason I can't be held accountable for ...

S4 Ep 36: More Love is NOT the Answer

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Special Episode: The woman who keeps slapping apples away. Love is not the answer. Yes, this flies in the face of everything society and the world tel...

S4 Ep 35: Finding WEAK SPOTS in STRONG Things

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Finding weak spots in otherwise seemingly-strong things - what's the benefit? I'm staying the same age for another year. Trees are wonderful and you s...

S4 Ep 34: Family Ain’t Everything

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us grow up being led to believe that nothing is more important than family. But is this true? Memories of my ex father-in-law, Ray. Generation...

S4 Ep 33: Mama’s Under The House

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People who get angry when I tell them that their lifelong, unhealthy emotional disorders are curable, and why. The real injustices committed by the pr...

S4 Ep 32: Johnny Depp & the BANK ROBBERS

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, things we can learn. Follow up to Will Smith. Does God's opinions reflect realities about us?  ----more---- Th...

S4 Ep 31: ACCEPTANCE at the Piggly Wiggly

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Acceptance at the Piggly Wiggly and everywhere else. How The Law of Individual Inherent Rights Responsibility & Authority and Acceptance go hand in ha...

S4 Ep 30: Actor Will Smith

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The two different types of observing a person, constructive and non-constructive. The benefits of observing the unhealthy world and learning from the ...

S4 Ep 29: The Blind-Faith AMNESIA Effect

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Last Symptom podcast S4 Ep 29: The Blind-Faith AMNESIA Effect. Life's Most-Important WORDS. Michael Crichton. The Last Symptom Watch Party. Appala...

S4 Ep 28: Your & My CHILDREN

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Healthy perspectives for interacting with our children. What interpretation will you choose? Personal real-life details of interactions with my own da...

S4 Ep 27: Life’s Two Merry-Go-Rounds

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You can get off the Merry-Go-Round of Shame any time you want and choose to get on the Merry-Go-Round of Positivity. In this episode, I tell you how. ...

S4 Ep 26: Simplify! Simplify! Simplify!

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Don't fall for the temptation to complicate. Instead, make it your habit to simplify, simplify, simplify! Also, the haters and my feelings about that....

S4 Ep 25: YOUR ANXIETY

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I know what's at the root of your anxiety and stress if you live with any emotional disorder such as Borderline Personality Disorder (Emotionally Unst...

S4 Ep 24 GUEST HOST: Another REAL Person, REALLY CURED

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Special first-ever Guest Host, Shamala Del Rosario! Another REAL Person, REALLY CURED.    #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepe...

S4 Ep 23: The ONLY Way to TRULY ELIMINATE Your Sense of EMPTINESS

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The only path to eliminating your sense of emptiness. Maybe the most important episode to date. Everything we talk about comes down to this. Former Mi...

S4 Ep 22: The Experts Are Incompetent And Screwing You

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Professional Community is utterly incompetent and is actively obstructing any chance you have at authentic and permanent recovery in practically e...

S4 Ep 21: Why Others Frustrate You

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Principles outweigh 'moral justification'. Fahrenheit 451. The unhealthy ideologies that give rise to censorship. House fires & responsibility. Why ot...

S1 Ep 58: Not Much is Black & White

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Not too many things are black & white, not even the universe or concepts of good and bad.  ----more---- The Last Symptom website: thelastsymptom.com ...

S4 Ep 20: Relationships, An Unhealthy Obsession

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Unhealthy people and their weird, intense obsessions with relationships, as if there is nothing more important in life. (Many things are more importan...

S4 Ep 19: The End of Year Episode

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Special times of year, are they tough on you? Correspondence and new year well wishes. DBT while learning from The Last Symptom. What, How, and WHY. C...

S4 Ep 18: What Distinguishes GOOD People From BAD People

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gratitude and 'Gratitude Journals'. The two factors that distinguish good people from bad people.    The Last Symptom website: thelastsymptom.com  ...

S4 Ep 17: School Shooters, ‘Bullying‘

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bullying is not as bad as you want to believe, and it is certainly not the underlying 'cause' of anything. In this episode, I comprehensively explain ...

S4 Ep 16: Why You Don‘t Know Who You Are

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Using Philadelphia's Septa railroad lines to illustrate how to trace symptoms of emotional disorder back to their origin, and why it's important. Iden...

S4 Ep 15: Should I Take My Kids And Leave?

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You're with a partner who has an emotional disorder like Borderline Personality Disorder. Your partner is emotionally abusive. Should you leave him or...

S4 Ep 14: The Return of My Very Favorite Guest

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My daughter Eloise takes time out of her vacation to share with us her thoughts about feelings, sadness, anger, frustration, electricity, and floating...

S4 Ep 13: Peanuts

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When to tell others you have an emotional disorder. Do emotionally-healthy people experience insecurities? I have BPD but I don't perceive myself as '...

S4 Ep 12: Your Shoe‘s Untied!

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Humility Vs. Modesty. How to heal after a breakup with somebody who has Borderline Personality Disorder. Correspondence. Don't set yourself up for dis...

S4 Ep 11: Children Are People, Too

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last Symptom terminology. Don't give up on the professional community. Locals & Rumble merger. Evolution period from being fake, unhealthy you, to bei...

S4 Ep 10: Some Lighter Things

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The man who collected a brick. How trustworthy people act. "I love you, teacher!" A good mother. False Dilemmas. Geodesics. Water. Ultimatums Vs. Boun...

S4 Ep 9: SUICIDE

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Suicide. Underlying Causes: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Chemical. Real-life examples. My own personal struggles.  ----more---- The Last Symptom is c...

S4 Ep 8: Will You Be Impartial?

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Being impartial. Red flags. Cost/Benefit Evaluations. When to walk away. Emptiness. How to deal with work politics. Campfire stories: My dog Bink.  _...

S4 Ep 7: The Apology Process. Gabby Petito.

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Apology Process. Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie. Campfire Stories: José & Batman's Sister.  ----more---- The Last Symptom is constantly growing. ...

S4 Ep 6: Emotional Dishonesty

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Using a recent critical review to honestly examine emotional dishonesty. Feelings determining one's reality, regardless of the facts.  ----more---- T...

S4 Ep 5: I Want To Sleep In Your Bed With You

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I want to sleep in your bed with you. My dad's letter. Boundaries, Conditions, Consequences. Campfire stories: The time I got into the wrong car.  --...

S4 Ep 4: Hope Vs. Expectation (For Friends & Family)

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hope Vs. Expectation. Putting the knowledge of the world's intellectuals into context with the broader universe. Adjusting perceptions closer to reali...

S4 Ep 3: Asians. Racism. INTENT.

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A valued member complains I was insensitive. We discuss it in the context of emotional health. Racism - how to make yourself powerful. (Hint: It is no...

S4 Ep 2: Reputation

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

REPUTATION. Also, subtle ways you're being lied to by those who have no excuse for lying to you. The remarkable true story of the old man on a game sh...

S4 Ep 1: Why Morality & Emotional Health Are Unrelated

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Season Premiere: The Last Symptom podcast: Why Morality & Emotional Health are unrelated. Plus, The Four Types of Health.  ________ The Last Symptom ...

S3 Ep 46: Season Finale Livestream (YouTube)

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Last Symptom podcast, S3 Ep 46 season finale livestream on YouTube (edited for audio quality). Thorough review of third season, intentions for upc...

S3 Ep 45: Beware of Life Coaches! Memes!

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Seriously, beware of "life coaches". A formula for seeing through memes that seem to say profound things while saying nothing at all. An entry from my...

S3 Ep 44 SPECIAL: Who's Responsible? You or Your Disorder?

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Who's responsible for your actions when you live with an emotional disorder? You? Your parents? Your disorder? Also, highlights of the pandemic, and a...

S3 Ep 43: Black Like Betty

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of things. Unhealthy parents and their ongoing, immature manipulation, and your foolishness for going along with it. "Black like Betty". The worl...

S3 Ep 42 SPECIAL: Insight

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Insight: What it is, why it is a non-negotiable ingredient for authentic recovery from any emotional disorder. Also, my 1-800-How's My Driving story, ...

S3 Ep 41: Why is The Last Symptom a Real Oasis? Plus, Earl Shaffer.

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why is The Last Symptom a real oasis compared to other groups and sources of information? How my frustration and struggle is to your benefit. Also, Ea...