Monday, Mar 23, 2020Theywere talking about the brain today, on my psychology podcast. People. Moreresearch is needed, he said. More research is always needed. When are we goingto understand the brain, I ask you?  Doesthe brain really cause our behaviors like you’re thinking?  Or doesn’t it reflect our behaviors?  Don’t we cause our behaviors?  I think we do, more than “the brain”. Just apersonal opinion. Whatdoes it mean to look beyond the mark? It’s the same as seeking for things we can’t understand, is it not?  Surely. And why do we do that?  The answer is right before us, if we’ll haveit, isn’t it. It’s easier than we’re thinking. We over-complicate things.That’s what we do, isn’t it. Some of us, at least. Thisis it. We have the answers not that far from us sometimes, but we don’t wantthem. Is that what I do? Friday,Mar 27, 2020But isit possible that as a society we could all be missing the mark together on asubject as big as this?  Well we do withreligion, right?  We can all miss ittogether.  But not everybody. Necessarily.  Some people mightknow the truth, and it's just the general population that's missing it.  But with depression and anxiety, seems likethere's no group of people that get it, even an enlightened group.  It would be on the internet, right?  Somewhere. Surely somebody can figure it out and the word can spread, even if to asmall number who are willing to hear it and understand it.Here'sthe thing.  Satan is involved, andself-deception is involved, but the person isn't necessarily condemned beforethe Lord.  We can't judge, right?  You go against the light, you self-deceive,and your path is darkened.  We're allfallen.  We all fall short.  We are all in need of the atonement.  Why do we need to judge each other?  We can say in our hearts that another hascaused his own difficulties.  Well thatmay be true, right, but isn't it the same with our own difficulties?  Surely it's possible for us all to cause someof our own difficulties.  And somenot.  We want to say officially thatnobody causes their own difficulties, but that's not true.  Sometimes we do.  But that's no reason not to have compassionon one another.  Right?  Because don't we all do the same, in one wayor another?  We all do it, from the leastto the greatest.  Just not Jesus Christ.Wetalked about "What can we do?" What do you think we can do? What's the answer to that question? Or the answers?  Is it manypossible things, and they may be different for each situation?  Surely that's it.  But surely we can also find some commonalityin our answers and give suggestions to each other.  Which we do. Saturday,Mar 28, 2020I wantthis podcast to be more fun.  I imaginemore laughing.  Do I need Skye?  Or do I need to be more relaxed when I do it?Tues,Mar 31, 2020Isn’tanxiety just a big excuse?  Think aboutaddiction.  There is something appealingabout anxiety and depression. There’s a reward, make no mistake about it.Addiction needs a reward. Well anxiety and depression have rewards. The excuseis the reward. Excuse for what?  In thecase of anxiety, for not doing what you need to do that’s hard and requiresignoring your fear. In thecase of depression the reward is the excuse for being happy. That’s why it’sexpressly miserable. That’s the definition of depression - misery, the oppositeof happiness. Misery gives us our excuse for…not being happy. It can be hard tobe happy. It requires giving up our pride sometimes. Giving up our misery canbe hard, it can take a hard swallow of pride. We can humble ourselves by beinghappy, by being grateful, by realizing how blessed we are. Surelythis is it. Thismechanism of self-justifi