Dr. Julie Smith

Yeah. I think it's always a judgment call, right? Because, you know, hormones...

Yeah. I think it's always a judgment call, right? Because, you know, hormones...

make up who we are also but they're influenced by everything that we do right what we're eating how much we're sleeping how much stress we're under whether we've just had a baby all of those things or where we are in our cycle all of those things and and so if we're feeling an intense emotion it can be to do with hormones but it can also be to do with Needs that aren't being met, right?

make up who we are also but they're influenced by everything that we do right what we're eating how much we're sleeping how much stress we're under whether we've just had a baby all of those things or where we are in our cycle all of those things and and so if we're feeling an intense emotion it can be to do with hormones but it can also be to do with Needs that aren't being met, right?

make up who we are also but they're influenced by everything that we do right what we're eating how much we're sleeping how much stress we're under whether we've just had a baby all of those things or where we are in our cycle all of those things and and so if we're feeling an intense emotion it can be to do with hormones but it can also be to do with Needs that aren't being met, right?

So I think something that happens in therapy is people will have an emotion and then judge themselves for it. And when they judge themselves for it, they then feel the need to numb it or make it go away because they're not supposed to have it. You know, maybe it's just hormones or maybe it's just...

So I think something that happens in therapy is people will have an emotion and then judge themselves for it. And when they judge themselves for it, they then feel the need to numb it or make it go away because they're not supposed to have it. You know, maybe it's just hormones or maybe it's just...

So I think something that happens in therapy is people will have an emotion and then judge themselves for it. And when they judge themselves for it, they then feel the need to numb it or make it go away because they're not supposed to have it. You know, maybe it's just hormones or maybe it's just...

And that causes all sorts of kind of behaviors or coping strategies that are generally unhelpful, right? The stuff that makes it, you know, numbs it now doesn't help in the long run. They're the addictive things, right?

And that causes all sorts of kind of behaviors or coping strategies that are generally unhelpful, right? The stuff that makes it, you know, numbs it now doesn't help in the long run. They're the addictive things, right?

And that causes all sorts of kind of behaviors or coping strategies that are generally unhelpful, right? The stuff that makes it, you know, numbs it now doesn't help in the long run. They're the addictive things, right?

But if we sort of turn from the judgment to the curiosity, so if someone's in therapy and they feel something and then they judge themselves for it, I would just kind of, okay, well, let's notice that judgment or how you've just criticized yourself. And let's just turn towards curiosity. How interesting that you feel that way. What came before it? What came two days, three days before it?

But if we sort of turn from the judgment to the curiosity, so if someone's in therapy and they feel something and then they judge themselves for it, I would just kind of, okay, well, let's notice that judgment or how you've just criticized yourself. And let's just turn towards curiosity. How interesting that you feel that way. What came before it? What came two days, three days before it?

But if we sort of turn from the judgment to the curiosity, so if someone's in therapy and they feel something and then they judge themselves for it, I would just kind of, okay, well, let's notice that judgment or how you've just criticized yourself. And let's just turn towards curiosity. How interesting that you feel that way. What came before it? What came two days, three days before it?

And when you start... All these things seem kind of out of character or a bit bizarre until you hear someone's full story. And when you piece the puzzle together, you always go... Of course. Of course I feel that way. Why wouldn't I feel that way? Yeah. Why wouldn't I, you know, I don't know, jump down my partner's throat when he was late for dinner. I had two hours sleep last night.

And when you start... All these things seem kind of out of character or a bit bizarre until you hear someone's full story. And when you piece the puzzle together, you always go... Of course. Of course I feel that way. Why wouldn't I feel that way? Yeah. Why wouldn't I, you know, I don't know, jump down my partner's throat when he was late for dinner. I had two hours sleep last night.

And when you start... All these things seem kind of out of character or a bit bizarre until you hear someone's full story. And when you piece the puzzle together, you always go... Of course. Of course I feel that way. Why wouldn't I feel that way? Yeah. Why wouldn't I, you know, I don't know, jump down my partner's throat when he was late for dinner. I had two hours sleep last night.

you know my capacity for stress or and then you start to kind of understand that emotion is information and but your brain only has so many you know your brain is always trying to make sense of everything that's going on around you and in your body so it takes information from in your body like you know your breathing your heart rate your blood pressure that kind of thing um and it also takes information from all of your senses to your outside world

you know my capacity for stress or and then you start to kind of understand that emotion is information and but your brain only has so many you know your brain is always trying to make sense of everything that's going on around you and in your body so it takes information from in your body like you know your breathing your heart rate your blood pressure that kind of thing um and it also takes information from all of your senses to your outside world

you know my capacity for stress or and then you start to kind of understand that emotion is information and but your brain only has so many you know your brain is always trying to make sense of everything that's going on around you and in your body so it takes information from in your body like you know your breathing your heart rate your blood pressure that kind of thing um and it also takes information from all of your senses to your outside world