I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers (Dr. Harper Therapy, #3)

by Dr. Harper

the first key is nonjudgmental self-awareness. Like, we can’t do any of the other keys until we’re aware of our thought patterns — both positive and negative.

“But I don’t think fear is our enemy. Usually it just wants to protect us from getting hurt. Once we see that, we realize that fear is a friend, looking out for us. And that doesn’t mean we have to listen to it all the time, but we also don’t have to avoid it! Then everything relaxes a little bit.”

Fear told me that no one would ever love me the way I loved them, so I was better off alone.

“Like clockwork, we turn on one another,” he said. “Our primal tribal instincts become activated, and we make sacrifices to keep ourselves safe. We talk about freedom and compassion, but that all goes out the door in a mass extinction.”

The only infectious disease I see is fear. What is the point of living if you’re constantly afraid of death?”

“It’s like — It’s like you’ve decided there’s something wrong with you and therefore don’t believe anyone could like you.”

“All it takes is one lie,” he said. “One lie to ruin your entire life. Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. It sticks forever.”

every minute counts when you’re combating misinformation.”

“I’m sick of waking up every day with that boredom gnawing away at my soul. I’m sick of being unable to reciprocate the things people say they feel for me — all I can do is mirror and mimic them. I’m sick of knowing I should be angry or sad about my past, but being unable to feel those things even when I try my hardest. It’s like I’ve been banished from my own body, and no fucking key is going to let me back in.”