Thoughts that come into your mind automatically and ruin your day. And I was 28 years old in my psychiatric residency when a professor said, You have to teach your patients not to believe every stupid thing they think. And I'm like, but I believe every stupid thing, right? Most of us do. It's like, you mean I don't have to believe the noise or the nonsense that my brain creates? (31:57–32:02)
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Asserts the importance of teaching patients to question their automatic negative thoughts.
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