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Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Learn the skills to Regulate your Emotions, join the membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership Use coupon code with coupon code CYB-YT-FREE to get the Change Your Brain Course for FREE here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/offers/u7KxQqAp Depression is a liar because it warps your perception of reality. It twists your thoughts, making you believe things that aren’t true, even though they feel real. Here are 5 of the biggest lies depression tells—and the truth behind them: Depression makes it seem like the pain will last forever, like you’re stuck in a tunnel with no exit. And you start to believe that there’s no point in trying. Depression distorts reality when it tells you that your problems aren’t “bad enough” or that you should handle them alone. That you should be ashamed for having feelings and you have to hide them. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of the Therapy in a Nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam and I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:09.0	And this podcast is all about taking the life-changing, but usually kind of complicated topics of therapy and boiling them down into simple, easy-to-understand concepts that you can use in your daily life. If you find today's
0:21.7	episode is helpful to you, please pass it on to someone else who could benefit from it as well.
0:25.9	Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video you can find on the Therapy in a Nutshell
0:30.3	YouTube channel. Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the advice or direction
0:35.1	you may be receiving from a therapist or other health
0:37.5	professionals. Now please, enjoy the episode. All right, you're really depressed. Let's chat.
0:44.1	You've probably been hurting for a long time and you just want the pain to stop. And you haven't found
0:49.2	a way to escape that pain that follows you around yet. And I want to emphasize the yet part there, because
0:55.5	there is something we can do about this. Maybe you've gone through some really difficult
0:59.5	things, and if so, that would make sense that you're suffering. Like, you don't have to pretend
1:04.3	to be okay, but you also don't have to stay in this place forever. So let me tell you about
1:10.6	what might be keeping you
1:12.1	stuck here. Depression is a liar because it warps your perception of reality. It
1:20.5	twists your thoughts making you believe things that aren't true, even though they feel
1:25.7	real. Here are five of the biggest lies depression tells
1:29.5	and the truth behind them. The first one is you're never going to be happy again. Nothing
1:34.9	will ever get better. Depression makes it seem like the pain is going to last forever, like
1:39.9	you're stuck in a tunnel with no exit, and you start to believe that there's no point in trying.
1:46.0	The truth is, feelings change. Life shifts. Even if you've felt this way for a long time, it doesn't mean that you always will.
1:55.0	The fact that you're here means there's a possibility for things to change. Research shows that when your brain is depressed,
2:00.9	it has a very hard time imagining options and alternatives and positive outcomes.
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