Dr Steven Phillipson: Brain Voice vs Gatekeeper Voice (#275)
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The Brain Voice Versus the Gatekeeper Voice
Dr. Philipson is back to talk about the brain voice versus the gatekeeper voice. Albert Ellis really did a great deal of pioneering in what he referred to as a automatic thought. Meaning the brain is capable of sending us an idea that's completely independent of us. I know I tragically grew up probably like the majority of the world not making a differentiation between what my brain told me and how I could relate to it as a separate entity. And therefore depression is a very tragic byproduct of people whose brain send them this very dark and very negative deprecating information.
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