Do you think that you can think your way out of dysfunctional thinking (anxiety/depressive thought disorders et. al)? 🧠💭

Many people do. ❌

If your thinker is what's broken, thinking it through or even speaking out your thoughts out to a good listener alone won't be enough.

Despite popular expectations, your typical therapist who primarily validates and affirms as treatment methods is simply parasitic. They are reinforcing behaviours and thought patterns that produce misery. This approach is lucrative and makes customers for life, but it is sick and hateful. Coming from a therapy insider, if you sincerely want to see positive change in your mental health you need to:

• Observe your thoughts as process and assess them flexibly by their helpfulness. Cling to the thoughts that help. Dismiss the merit of, but accept the presence of unhelpful thoughts. You cant change thoughts by wrestling with them. You will probably just amplify them by struggling.

• Get out and action behaviours that improve your mood such as getting sunlight, seeing loved ones, lifting weights, kissing your wife, doing what matters. Discover what matters to you, and make daily time for that stuff.

• Eat better and master yourself. Get to bed and wake up responsibly; do something meaningful with your life. Stop wasting the day away. Life is short, make it count. 🤙