We choose what's familiar, not what is best for us. We enact dynamics that remind us of childhood and the emotions that we felt the most, not the ones we want to feel. Listen is as I talk about my compulsivity toward drama and high intensity experiences and what data is saying about the relationship between the increase in anxiety and the decrease in the willingness to fuck up.

We choose what's familiar, not what is best for us. We enact dynamics that remind us of childhood and the emotions that we felt the most, not the ones we want to feel. Listen is as I talk about my compulsivity toward drama and high intensity experiences and what data is saying about the relationship between the increase in anxiety and the decrease in the willingness to fuck up.

Why Do We Keep Making Decisions That Don't Serve Us (Over and Over)?

We have access to more mental health information than at any other point in history, and yet anxiety &amp; depression rates are growing. Mental health advice is tricking us into believing that we are self-improvement projects, which ironically is creating more disconnection as we hide our flaws to avoid judgment when we can't "work" our way out of our struggles. The truth is: we experience freedom by being honest about who we are, not changing who we are. I will be a therapist who risks something--revealing my least impressive sides to you, shifting the shame, and not fixing the problem.

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We have access to more mental health information than at any other point in history, and yet anxiety & depression rates are growing. Mental health advice is tricking us into believing that we are self-improvement projects, which ironically is creating more disconnection as we hide our flaws to avoid judgment when we can't "work" our way out of our struggles. The truth is: we experience freedom by being honest about who we are, not changing who we are. I will be a therapist who risks something--revealing my least impressive sides to you, shifting the shame, and not fixing the problem.

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Why Do We Keep Making Decisions That Don't Serve Us (Over and Over)?

Why Do We Keep Making Decisions That Don't Serve Us (Over and Over)?