What to Do When a Loved One is in Denial About Their Health
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2018
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
It can be hard enough just to focus on maintaining our own health day to day, so having a partner who is on board with your plight can make a huge positive difference. However, when loved ones are in denial about their own health, it can make your efforts much more difficult. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen teach how you can reframe the discussion of mental/brain health in order to help the ones your love get their brains right.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman. |
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| 0:49.6 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. Welcome back. |
| 0:54.0 | Today we're going to talk about what you should do when a loved one is in denial |
| 1:00.0 | about needing help. |
| 1:02.0 | This is something we have dealt with a lot over time but before |
| 1:06.3 | we get into this you have a review and it's very |
| 1:10.1 | smile on your face. Well because it's very apropos to what you just said. So this is from Lloyd of Rochester. |
| 1:16.8 | Lloyds of Rochester. Okay, so thank you for your podcast. This is what this one may get through to certain unhappy people in my life much better than anything I could say to them. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, it's human nature. |
| 1:29.0 | So, I think I'm getting out of this and he recommends it to people when he wants to say something and can't say it. |
| 1:34.0 | So when people are in denial, right? |
| 1:37.0 | Well, it's so common. |
| 1:39.0 | I think I mentioned I'm beginning to work on a new book called The End of Mental Illness. |
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