How to Deal With a Mental Illness?

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i i try to get them to think in terms of that simple model i presented to the a b c model and to folks on b. So there's usually a sadness o some a disappointment in life, maybe disappointment about a specific thing or event. And in response to that painful feeling, we typically recoil from life or start a sort of passive a strategy in life. We just shut down. As why? See, people stay in bed and they they reject social invitations. They don't don't do anything that used to make them feel good before. Instead of responding to this disappointment in depression, you can respond to it by paying attention to it and exploring it more.

Dr. Chuck Ruby earned his Ph.D. in 1995 at Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a criminal, counterintelligence, counterespionage special agent, and investigative psychologist in many capacities across the globe. Following his military career, Dr. Ruby has been a psychologist and coach in private practice.

Chuck's newest book is Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning to Consumers, which is available now!

Learn more about Chuck at chuckruby.com and about ISEPP at psychintegrity.org.

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