Self-Help's BIGGEST Misconceptions: Therapy, Trauma, and Resilience

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

As mental health and the psychological sciences have gone increasingly mainstream, so too have some common misconceptions and misunderstandings. In the first of two episodes, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore some of the biggest misconceptions related to therapy, trauma, and what it means to be "resilient." Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Membership includes expanded show notes and transcripts of the episodes. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 2:10: Misconception #1: "Personal growth is narcissistic." 5:05: The social value of individual growth. 10:25: Misconception #2: "Well-being is all about individual effort." 18:50: Misconception #3: "Therapy is for people who are messed up." 23:00: Misconception #4: "If I go to therapy, I'll become dependent on it." 30:00: Misconception #5: "If I go to therapy, it'll destabilize me or mess me up." 34:45: Misconception #6: "People use the word 'trauma' too much. These days EVERYTHING is a 'trauma.'" 43:50: How we define what is and isn't stressful. 48:10: Recap Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Find the new CBD+ performance gummies and the whole dosist health line-up today at dosisthealth.com. Use promo code BEINGWELL20 for 20% off your purchase. New Day from Lemonada just premiered on September 15th - listen wherever you get podcasts. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow the Podcast on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:11.0	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of last
0:15.1	and well-being.
0:16.3	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:19.0	It's been great to see topics related to mental health, personal growth, and the psychological
0:23.8	sciences broadly become increasingly mainstream.
0:27.8	But as their popularity has grown, so has the spread of some common misconceptions.
0:33.2	These are ideas that can sound pretty convincing, and they're held by a lot of people out there,
0:37.9	so there's a pretty good chance that you've run into a few of them yourself.
0:41.6	Today we're going to be exploring a few of the most common misconceptions around personal
0:46.8	growth, therapy, and changing for the better generally.
0:51.2	To help me do that, today I'm joined as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, so dad, how are you
0:55.4	doing today?
0:56.4	I'm good, and I'm thrilled about this topic, because it's genius, frankly, to bring it up
1:03.4	and address it.
1:04.9	I'm glad we're doing it.
1:05.9	Yeah, same.
1:06.9	We've both been really looking forward to this one.
1:09.0	To kind of set this up a little bit, we're going to be framing each of these misconceptions
1:13.0	as a statement.
1:14.4	And then we'll spend some time kind of unpacking it, talking about why that view is incomplete
1:20.2	to problematic, or maybe just a little bit misguided.
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