with Dr. Heath
We first engineer our thoughts, then our thoughts engineer our lives.
Plain-spoken psychology for adults who are done with pop-psych labels. One idea per issue, the mechanism behind it and no jargon.
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A popular label or myth, and what's really going on behind it.
What you won't read here
Labels pretending to be explanations
- Myth: Your emotions are running the show.What's real: Emotion is always downstream of thought.
- Myth: The body keeps the score.What's real: The body shows what your thinking and behavior have fed it.
- Myth: A diagnosis explains the behavior.What's real: Behavior can be observed. A label can't do anything.
- Myth: Feeling sure means you're right.What's real: Your own certainty is not evidence.
From the archive
A few lines worth keeping
Emotions don't mature. Cognitive skills do.@therapy_bites
Therapy is not to heal you because you are not a disease.@PTSD_psych
Increasing your volume does nothing to increase understanding.@parent_psych
The writer
Dr. Heath
- Ph.D., Neuropsychology
- Ph.D., Forensic Psychology
- 40+ years in cognitive behavioral psychology
- Arkansas
I've spent more than 40 years watching people get stuck on the same thing: believing their feelings are in charge. They aren't. Thoughts come first, and thoughts can be changed.
Every issue does three things. It explains the mechanism, gives you a picture of it from ordinary life and leaves the decision with you.
I also drink coffee while I'm making coffee.
Catch me live on X, @therapy_bites, weekdays from noon to 1 PM Central.
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