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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

5613 The Magic of Me!

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

Politics, Democrat, Atheism, Joe-rogan, News & Politics, Objectivism, Freedom, Anarchy, Atheist, Philosophy, Conservative, Freedomainradio, Liberal, Republican, Pacifism, Objectivist, Libertarian

4.72.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I respond to a thought-provoking inquiry from a mental health professional regarding the paradox of being skilled at helping others while struggling with one's own life. I explore how childhood conditioning, particularly through parental relationships, leads individuals to prioritize others' needs over their own. This discussion delves into the dynamics of learned behaviors, the sacrifice of personal identity for parental stability, and the emergence of win-lose relationships rooted in dysfunction. I emphasize the importance of mutual support and provide practical examples to illustrate healthy relational dynamics. Ultimately, I advocate for self-reflection and the unlearning of harmful patterns to foster better relationships with oneself and others.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody hope you doing well Steve and all are you from Free Domain so yesterday

0:04.1

you know my trouble so I had a call by a message in my life stream from

0:09.1

last night Wednesday night live this is the next day, Thursday, and a shrink, he referred to himself as a shrink,

0:16.4

means a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, something like that. So he wrote to me in the live stream

0:21.7

and he said, Steph, why is it that I'm able to help my clients,

0:25.4

but my own life is kind of a mess?

0:26.8

How am I so good at helping other people

0:29.0

but not fixing my own life?

0:30.5

And I said, well, the result of that would result from why you would be like that.

0:35.6

It's because as a kid, your messed up family demanded that you provide resources to them and

0:40.2

solve all their problems, which came at your own expense expense so you're very good at helping other people

0:44.4

without sorting out your own life. Anyway so he wrote to me and I won't read the whole thing and I won't get into

0:50.8

details but he wrote to me and he said Staff the great staff how do you do it no seriously how the actual F do you do it

0:55.6

I'm the shrink who posted on Wednesday how can I be so good at helping others but

0:59.5

F-dup myself in 10 seconds you strip me naked hit the nail on the head totally I mean how

1:04.2

yes and then he goes into details about his family and he says I

1:09.8

managed all of this keeping the peace and my way my way through all of this and all of that became

1:13.9

got top grades became a shrink started to start of my own business and I kick

1:18.2

ass but you my friend nailed it you are some sort of superhuman thank you I donate

1:21.4

roughly every month and generously wish I could donate

1:23.9

a million times more from the bottom of my heart. Thank you. And that's a great question and I

1:27.5

appreciate, obviously I appreciate the very kind words and I'm very, very thrilled and

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