016: Ask David — How can I cope with a complainer? How can I help a loved one who is depressed?

016: Ask David — How can I cope with a complainer? How can I help a loved one who is depressed?

How can you help a depressed friend or family member? You may be surprised to discover that the attempt to "help" is rarely effective, and may even make the problem worse. In contrast, the refusal to help is nearly always helpful. But to understand that paradox, you'll have to give a listen to this fascinating edition of "Ask David!"

David and Fabrice also address a related problem nearly all of us confront from time to time: How do you deal with a friend who is a relentless whiner and complainer? When you try to help them or suggest a solution to the problem, they just say, "That won't work" and keep complaining. You end up feeling frustrated and annoyed, because the other person just won't listen! David and Fabrice illustrate a shockingly easy and incredibly effective solution to this problem.

Finally, David discusses some disturbing recent research indicating that the ability of therapists—as well as friends or family members—to know how suicidal someone is, is extremely poor. David and Fabrice explain how to assess how suicidal someone actually is, and what to do if you discover that he or she really is at risk of a suicide attempt.

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435: Meet Erik Burns!

435: Meet Erik Burns!

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434: The One-Minute Drill; Memory Rescripting; and More!

434: The One-Minute Drill; Memory Rescripting; and More!

David, Matt, and Rhonda Answer Your Questions! What's the One-Minute Drill work? How does it work? What's Memory Rescripting? How does it work? How can I endure boring and irrelevant college work? Aa...

3 Feb 202551min

433: Ask David: Anxiety, Depression, Boring Dates, Scary Thoughts

433: Ask David: Anxiety, Depression, Boring Dates, Scary Thoughts

David, Matt, and Rhonda Answer Your Questions! 1. How can I help my depressed son? 2. What can you do on a boring first date? 3. Are depression and anxiety genetic and hopeless? 4. What do scary, intr...

27 Jan 202546min

432: Finding Humans Less Scary Marathon Returns! Yay!

432: Finding Humans Less Scary Marathon Returns! Yay!

Jacob Towery, MD Michael Luo, MD Finding Humans Less Scary The 3rd Annual Triumphant Return of the Incredibly Popular and Awesomely Effective Social Anxiety Marathon Two Full Days of Unbelievable...

20 Jan 202554min

431: Screen Addictions, Featuring Brandon Vance, MD

431: Screen Addictions, Featuring Brandon Vance, MD

Overcome Your Screen Addictions! Featuring Dr. Brandon Vance Today we interview Dr. Brandon Vance, the Founder of the wildly popular Feeling Great Book Clubs and many other psychoeducational groups fo...

13 Jan 202554min

430: Was Epictetus Right? Finally--an Answer!

430: Was Epictetus Right? Finally--an Answer!

Do Negative Thoughts REALLY Cause Depression? An Answer--At Last!--from Research Featuring David Burns, Jeremy Karmel, Diane Spangler and Rhonda Barovsky Today, David and two dear colleagues--Jeremy K...

6 Jan 20251h 9min

429: Ask David: Daily Mood Logs; Somatic Complaints; Passive Aggression

429: Ask David: Daily Mood Logs; Somatic Complaints; Passive Aggression

Ask David With Special Guest Expert, Dr. Matthew May Daily Mood Log: Does it have to be done perfectly? Somatic Complaints: How does TEAM Help? Passive Aggression: What distortions cause it? Roger,...

30 Des 20241h 8min

428: Tahn Wanders . . . and Wonders

428: Tahn Wanders . . . and Wonders

Tahn Wanders . . . and Wonders A Young Monk's Search for Peace and Happiness Today we are honored by a second visit from Tahn Pamutto, who first appeared as a podcast guest on November 4, 2024, where ...

23 Des 20241h 24min

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