The Psychology of Depression and Anxiety - Dr. Scott Eilers

6 Common Mental Mistakes Making You Miserable


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You have much less control over your thoughts and feelings than most people would lead you to believe. Which is extremely unfortunate when you have mental health struggles.

This is why most of the things you try to change your thinking, at best, don't work, and, at worst, have then opposite effect.

I'm sharing 6 common mistakes I see therapy patients making when trying to fix their mental health by controlling their thoughts, and what to do instead.

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