Lily interviews Dr. Jodi about taken-for-granted mental health ideas that she doesn’t believe and doesn’t want you to. Welcome to the world premiere of Live with Dr. Jodi. Have patience with our tech issues as we make this a better show!
Watch Therapist Hot Takes
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My Therapist Hot Takes
Anxiety is not a mental illness
Anxiety comes with the context of other problems. It is a regular human reaction to our world, but you don’t have to stay there. You can teach yourself to feel better by overriding your anxious thoughts with your mammalian brain.
Therapists are often wrong
Therapist are human and make mistakes. Therapy can be life changing but also can cause pain when the therapist is off track. Don’t let one person who was not good keep you away from this resource. There are infinite ways to heal, this is just one tool. But it can be a very effective one.
Codependence is a good thing
Humans are socail beings and are meant to depend on each other. Valuing radical independence hurts us.
People are mean to you because they don’t like you
They are mean becuase they don’t like themselves.
Anxiety is not a life sentence
There are four reasons why anxiety stays. Watch this old video for the details: