Dr. Rick Hanson

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

Oh, thanks for queuing me up there. So I grew up in a decent, fairly stable, lower middle class environment in Southern California. No abuse, no trauma, nothing horrible. And still for a lot of complicated reasons, including being really young while going through school, I was really unhappy. I was a lot of awkward, a lot of miserable, a lot of neurotic, and it just seemed pretty hopeless.

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,

And right there, right about age 15, and I know it was about age 15 because I was reading Dune at the time, and the main character, Paul Madib, is also 15 when the book starts right about. And I suddenly basically realized that as bad as my past had been and as much the present might suck,