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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Happiness Won’t Save You

Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away.

"...So what do you do, as a clinician or loved one, when faced with such suffering? How do you see them through?

You help them generate thoughts about the future in concrete, specific detail.

You point out, using specific numbers, how many years they lived without thoughts of suicide, versus the number of years they have had such thoughts.

You help them find therapy, ideally cognitive behavioral therapy, and drag them to sessions if you have to.

You take away their ability to kill themselves.

You try to keep them safe..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/happiness-depression-suicide-psychology.html?smid=em-share

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