The Importance of Not Breaking Down

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I was listening to a portion of the book when I was taking a shower, and I have a little shower and notepad. And one of these notes is, you were talking about one of your patients who you talk about a lot in the book. John was this very abrasive person who came to see me, who at first was very unlikable in so many ways. When we get to what was really going on with him, which completely came out of left field for me, I did not see it coming at all. You know, I think each patient is almost like a mystery. We don't really see it until we find out what really happened to him.

In Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, she opens with a quote from James Baldwin that reads, "Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch."

In this episode, we talk about therapy, how it works, the misconceptions around it, and how people go from resisting change to embracing the behaviors required to alter their own thoughts and feelings when stuck in destructive, unhealthy loops. You'll also learn the difference between idiot compassion and wise compassion.

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