S11 EP1 Opposite Action: Resistance Training for Your Brain

Today we are talking about a therapeutic technique called
opposite action. It’s like one of those choose your own adventure
gamebooks but the choice you make is opposite from the kind of
choice you would normally make. And you face the choice when an
emotion causes you to struggle. Have you heard the saying?: All
feelings are valid, All behaviors are not. How do you behave when
emotions are high? Does it serve you? If not, let’s change
that. 


Today we we have a workout for you. Let’s call it a kind of
resistance training, for your brain. Here’s the idea…Basically,
whatever your knee jerk reaction to an emotion is - you try to do
the opposite. No, this isn’t an exercise in denying emotions. We
are talking about changing behaviors. Listen and learn how to put
this into practice and strengthen the area of your brain
responsible for resilience and perseverance.  


Research:


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7381101/


(00:00:00) Welcome and personal feelings about life changes.


(00:07:32) What is the therapeutic technique called opposite
action


(00:12:25) Doing what you’ve always done and when it is time to
adjust


(00:18:55) How opposite action is used in DBT: Dialectical
Behavior Therapy


(00:20:00) This is NOT an emotion suppressing technique


(00:27:07) How to strengthen the anterior midcingulate cortex
aMCC in your brain


(00:33:50) Why Kelsea is passionate about DBT as a form of action
based therapy 


(00:39:00) Putting opposite action into practice: the steps


(00:48:46) The importance of being flexible and explaining what
you are doing to your people (00:53:00) Fear of failure and small
steps to making a plan of action


(00:58:10) Sadness and its opposite action


(01:04:30) The theme of the episode


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