081: Ask David — What's the Best Smoking Cessation Treatment? Is there a Dark Side to Human Nature?
Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy
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Relationship Problems - The Death of the Ego
When you see your own role in the problem, that you're not the victim, you thought you were. It's very painful. It's the death of the ego. But if you're willing to let the ego die and to see those dark forces within yourself, then the reward is to be able to develop joy and intimacy with the person you were in conflict with. And you see also the dark forces at play in habits and addictions. The issue there is entitlement. We think we're entitled to have what we want, to get high when we want. That's a different and less glamorous piece of human nature.
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