Blame yourself for everything? Here's why your Brain does that

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Understand why your brain defaults to self-blame and learn effective strategies to overcome chronic guilt and foster emotional resilience. Join Therapy in a Nutshell’s membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership You'll get instant access to all 10 life-changing courses, live weekly Q&As, and a supportive community for just $27/month. Learn how to manage anxiety, process trauma, regulate emotions, and build lasting resilience so that you can live a deeply rich and meaningful life! In this video, you’ll learn why you might blame yourself for everything, how this can be a trauma response from your childhood, and how to stop doing it. And we’re going to use Batman as an example. It’s clear to see how taking the mental shortcut of “It’s all my fault” is actually a much easier route than the emotional gymnastics of figuring out why people do bad things. But, if we keep blaming ourselves over time, we can end up feeling guilty, ashamed, depressed, or angry. So in this video we’ll explore this common cognitive distortion of self-blame and some practical ways to replace it with more helpful thinking. Our brains are constantly trying to make sense of what’s happening in our world. But the brain’s interpretation is not always correct. It takes these cognitive shortcuts that aren’t completely accurate. These are called automatic thoughts. We don’t usually notice them--but we can learn to be more aware of them. One type of automatic thought is to assume the worst

Published 2024-08-29 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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